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Fava Bean and Pea Soup · GialloZafferano.com

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  Speaker 1: Favabin and pi soup. Zuppeta di fave Pizzelli is a
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  Speaker 1: classic dish from southern Italy, especially Pullien Sicily. It is light,
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  Speaker 1: creamy and full of fresh spring flavors, with sweet peas,
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  Speaker 1: earthy fava beans, and fragrant mint. You serve it warm
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  Speaker 1: or slightly cooled, and it pairs very well with toasted
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  Speaker 1: crunchy bread. For four servings, you need prep time five minutes,
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  Speaker 1: cook thyme twenty five minutes. Ingredients fava beans three cups
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  Speaker 1: about five hundred grams, peas three point one cups about
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  Speaker 1: five hundred grams, onion, zero point seven cup about ninety
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  Speaker 1: grams water as needed, mint, three leaves, plus a few
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  Speaker 1: extra leaves for serving. Extra virgin olive oil three tablespoons
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  Speaker 1: about forty grams, plus a little extra for serving. Find
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  Speaker 1: salt as kneaded. First, clean the onion and chop it finely.
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  Speaker 1: Heat a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil in a
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  Speaker 1: saucepan over medium heat. Add the chopped onion, Add about
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  Speaker 1: three tablespoons of water taken from the total amount you
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  Speaker 1: plan to use. Let the onion cook gently and sweat
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  Speaker 1: for about three minutes until it softens stirring from time
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  Speaker 1: to time. When the onion is soft, add the peas,
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  Speaker 1: Add the fava beans. Pour in the remaining water enough
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  Speaker 1: to cover the legumes. Season with fine salt as needed.
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  Speaker 1: Stir well. Cook over medium heat for twenty minutes. During cooking,
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  Speaker 1: stir occasionally and check that the legumes stay covered with water.
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  Speaker 1: After twenty minutes, check that the peas and fava beans
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  Speaker 1: are cooked and tender. Add the three mint leaves to
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  Speaker 1: perfume the soup. Turn off the heat. With the heat off,
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  Speaker 1: use an immersion blender to puree the soup directly in
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  Speaker 1: the pot. Blend until you obtain a smooth and creamy
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  Speaker 1: consistency without lumps. Taste and adjust the salt if needed.
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  Speaker 1: Serve the fava bean and pea soup and bowls. Finish
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  Speaker 1: each bowl with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
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  Speaker 1: and a few freshmant leaves. You enjoy this fava bean
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  Speaker 1: and pea soup as a starter or a light meal
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  Speaker 1: with all the fresh, bright flavors of the Italian countryside.