ideas for broad beans

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Ive just been given a load of broad beans. Does any one have any ways of serving them other than just boiling them

I did a broad bean and bacon risotto recently and it was lovely. Broad bean mash is also lovely (take skins off and mash with olive oil, dash of cream, splash of lemon juice and pinch of cumin). Lovely served with white fish or pork/chicken

I cook mine for a few mins, pop them out of their skins and have with tuna salad. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall did broad beans on toast which looked yummy, recipe probably on Channel 4 website.

The bin is the best place for broad beans, they taste of farts, bleurgh!

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broad beans, feta and salad leaves in a balsamic dressing. Yum!

I did some broad bean puree too the other day with ours and it was lovely. I boiled mine for 4 mins or so, took the skins off (nasty horrible things that they are), put a bit of the cooking water, and tiny bit of fried garlic (as well as the butter it was fried in) and whizzed it up. Was delish!

We went to Jamie Oliver's restaurant recently and I had a lovely simple summery pasta dish - garlic tagliatelle with broad beans (horrid skins taken off of course!) and peas.

Nice squashed on bruschetta with salty cheese and maybe some mint.

Nice with any sort of bacon.

Nigel Slater's 'Tender' has loads of nice ideas.

(shelled) broad bean, radish & feta salad with mint,lemon & olive oil dressing.

This broad bean & dill pilaf is fantastic - I add some chicken thighs too and use chicken stock.

Brown the (boned/skinned/bitesize) thigh pieces before doing the spring onions etc then add at the same time as the stock/water. Really tasty and tender, delicious.

They make lovely falafels. Little bit lighter than with chick peas, greener and more summery tasting. No need to skin, just blitz the lot to a corse pulp.

Boil first then fry with garlic and butter - delicious!

i made a nice warm salad with them ( cooked as above and with no kins) some french beans, some lightly fried chorizo. A bit of the old salt pepper olive oil and lemon dressing . Goigeous

oh, and hummous (or hummish perhaps )