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Tender broad beans simmered with vegetables and chestnuts

Tender fava beans stewed with vegetables and chestnuts

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Tender broad beans, simmered gently with zucchini, onion, tomato, and chestnuts, combined with a garlic and basil-infused sauce, served with olives.

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Recipe from Rutrus, Mazbel, Ricky90 and 3 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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In Aragon, broad beans are often eaten while they are still tender. Here, they are simmered gently with vegetables and chestnuts in a sauce flavored with garlic and basil. A simple dish, ready in 45 minutes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$17.27 $4.32 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $15.07
  • $0.03
  • $0.27
  • $0.56
  • $0.48
  • $0.27
  • $0.59

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Soak the broad beans.
  2. Cut the zucchini, onion, tomato, and chestnuts to your liking. ≈ 8 min
  3. In a blender, combine the tomatoes, garlic, basil, salt, and olive oil with 1/4 litre of water. ≈ 4 min
  4. Add the blended mixture to the remaining ingredients, then season with salt and pepper to taste. ≈ 2 min
  5. Let the mixture simmer over low heat until all the ingredients are well combined and cooked through.
  6. Serve hot, with olive and tomato sauce, as desired. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Tender fava beans stewed with vegetables and chestnuts

  • 1 kg of broad beans that have been soaked$15.07
  • salt$0.03
  • pepper$0.27
  • olive$0.56
  • tomato sauce$0.48
  • 3 cloves of garlic$0.27
  • A drizzle of olive oil$0.59

Total$17.27

that's $4.32 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of broad beans that have been soaked
  • 1 small zucchini
  • onions, to taste
  • tomatoes, to taste
  • Bay leaves, to taste
  • chestnuts, to taste
  • salt
  • pepper
  • olive
  • tomato sauce
  • 4 basil leaves
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • A drizzle of olive oil

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