Fava Bean Dip with Goat Cheese and Garlic

Name: Fava Bean Dip with Goat Cheese and Garlic
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters 2-3 pounds fresh fava (broad) beans, shelled (about; 1 Tbsp salt; 118 milliliters chopped green garlic (can substitute 4 cloves chopped garlic); 3 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 59 milliliters or more water; 142 grams goat cheese; 1 serving Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Fava Bean Dip with Goat Cheese and Garlic could be just the gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe you've been looking for. One serving contains 154 calories, 7g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. It will be a hit at your The Super Bowl event. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. This recipe from Simply Recipes requires fava beans, lemon juice, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes. Users who liked this recipe also liked Fava Bean and Goat Cheese Dip with Radishes, Fava Bean Dip With Roasted Garlic And Yogurt, and Fava Bean Salad With Pickled Ramps And Goat Cheese.

Instructions

Remove the outer shell from the fava beans. The easiest way to do this is to work over a large bowl, bend the fava bean pod near one of the beans, squeeze the bean with your fingers, to have it shoot out into the bowl when the bean snaps.

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Keep squeezing, pinching and snapping, until you've de-beaned all the pods.

Boil the beans in salted water: Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil.

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Add 1 tablespoon salt.

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Add the shelled beans, simmer for 5 minutes.

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Use a slotted spoon to remove beans from the hot water and place in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking and to shock the beans into maintaining their bright green color.

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Remove the beans' outer peels: When the beans have sunk to the bottom of the bowl of ice water, fish them out and remove and discard the outer peel.

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Sauté the garlic: In a small skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil on medium.

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Olive Oil

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Add the chopped green garlic (or chopped regular garlic cloves) and cook until softened, but not browned, about 3 or 4 minutes.

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Garlic

Purée shelled beans with garlic, zest, lemon juice, water, olive oil:

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Place shelled and peeled beans in a food processor with softened green garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, and water. Pulse until smooth.

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Stream in a tablespoon or two more of olive oil while puréeing.

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Stir in goat cheese: Scrape mixture out of food processor into a bowl.

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Goat Cheese

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Mix in the goat cheese until well combined. Season with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper

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Serve with sliced cucumbers or jicama.

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Servings:

473milliliters

2-3 pounds fresh fava (broad) beans, shelled (about 1Tbsp

salt 118milliliters

chopped green garlic (can substitute 4 cloves chopped garlic)3Tbsps

extra virgin olive oil 1teaspoon

lemon zest 2Tbsps

lemon juice 59milliliters

or more water 142grams

goat cheese 1serving

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Recommended wine: Sparkling Rose, Sparkling Wine

Dip works really well with Sparkling rosé and Sparkling Wine. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. One wine you could try is Santa Margherita Sparkling rosé. It has 4.1 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 22 dollars.