Fava beans alla pignata with raw red onion
Enjoy this refreshing and flavorful salad of broad beans and thinly sliced red onions, perfect for a light meal.
This salad is perfect for warm summer days. It can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time10 min
- Cook time3 hr
- Resting12 hr
- Total15 hr 10 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodnibbling
- Estimated cost$3.85 $0.96 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Ingredients
people
- $3.01
- $0.22
- $0.59
- $0.03
Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Soak the broad beans overnight, then cook them gently in a Dutch oven (clay pot) with water and salt until they are tender.
- Serve them hot, with thinly sliced raw red onion and a drizzle of olive oil. ≈ 2 min
- Alternatively, add finely chopped garlic and oregano to the cooked broad beans. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Fava beans alla pignata with raw red onion
- 200 g of dried broad beans$3.01
- 1 red onion$0.22
- new extra virgin olive oil$0.59
- salt$0.03
Total$3.85
that's $0.96 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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