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Broad beans.

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Bathsheba Sun 17-Jun-18 12:20:41

I love them and have grown them in the past, but we have only a small garden and the amount of room taken up did not justify the small amount of beans they yielded!

Try steaming them till tender and stir into a light cheesy sauce. Delicious!

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nanasam Sun 17-Jun-18 12:17:07

Young, tender broad beans are a joy to eat, especially in a parsley sauce.

I leave the small beans as they are and take the skin off the larger ones, it is worth all the faff. They are about the only vegetable I know where you have a huge pile of picked pods and by the time you've finished you're left with about a cupful of beans and a dustbin full of waste!

Enjoy!

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shysal Sun 17-Jun-18 12:10:18

Having hated the 'bullets' served at school dinners, this is the first time I have grown or eaten broad beans. I have de-podded them and they vary in size. I think I shall remove the skin from the larger ones, I assume you blanch them and they will come away. Some will get frozen, so would I do this before freezing or when I am about to cook them? How long do they take to cook, and does anyone have any tips or recipes to make them taste nice? Thanking you in anticipation.

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