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title: Fava Bean Pasta
date: 2011-07-28T14:59:13Z
modified: 2011-07-28T14:59:13Z
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  - Recipes
author: Elizabeth
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I’m in love with fava beans this summer.

![](http://www.altacucinasociety.com/db/Image/recipes/fava_beans%20puree.jpg "fava beans")

I spotted them at the farmer’s market and decided to give them a try. Now I’m picking some up every week until they disappear because they are so insanely delicious.

Really, the only downside to fava beans is that they are a bit labor-intensive to prepare because you have to:
1\. remove the beans from the pods
2\. parboil the beans
3\. remove the husk from each bean individually

[![how to cook fava beans](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/favabeansPasta-300x279.jpg "pasta with fava beans")

](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/favabeansPasta.jpg)But it’s worth it!

This week I made a one-dish meal with fava beans by parboiling the beans in the same boiling water I then used to make pasta. When the pasta was finished, I drained it into a strainer and tossed the beans back into the same pot with corn cut off of previously steamed cobs and chopped spinach leaves.

[![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31uiFI7GAUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg "Annie's shitake sesame dressing")

](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SI6H9S/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B004SI6H9S&adid=0DYTRCHAYM1VY8MTKYDQ)I sauteed the veggies in [Annie’s Shitake Sesame dressing](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SI6H9S/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=lizoneandmore-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B004SI6H9S&adid=0DYTRCHAYM1VY8MTKYDQ "Annies' shitake and sesame vinaigrette"), and then added the noodles and tossed it all together. A delicious summer meal!