Broad Beans

elisebutt65

Bleahhhh - just got a whole lot of them in my veggie box this week!!!

What can I do with them to make them taste vaguely better than they do ususally - I hate them - can i soup them or throw them in some kind of sauce - do I peel them or what?

I've never cooked them before as I've never bought them - mum always tried to force them down me but they still eneded up on the side of my plate

housemouse100

Delia does a great broad bean salad, you pod and cook the beans and pop them out of their skins, fiddly but well worth it, cook some bacon so its crispy and crumble over the beans then add a garlic vinegrette. tastes great and lasts a couple of days. I hated broad beans untill I took the skins off the actual bean. They come out in two halves and are a really pretty bright green not grey and mannky as I remember as a kid.

Dobie

Hi elisebutt65
I had them in my veggie box for the first time a couple of weeks ago & one of the things I did with them was to make a sort of houmous dip/spread. I liked it a lot.
I like them in salads & also use them as a vegetable mixed up with peas & sweetcorn.

in_my_wellies

Young broad beans taste very different to old, mature ones which are usually for sale in shops.

Chell

I bought some in Asda this week. On the label it says to pod them, boil then toss in some butter and fresh parsley.

thriftlady_2

If you are a broad bean hater,the thing to do is pod them,cook them very briefly in boiling water and then slit the greyish green skins and pop out the bright green bean.It is quite quick and my kids eat them without complaints.

They are delicious in salads.Try feta cheese,new potatoes and broad beans with some olive oil and mint.

Another thing you can do is to puree them with olive oil,garlic and some parmesan cheese to make a hummus-like dip.

julesgr

the greek way to serve them is in oliveoil and lemon juice
but i have to agree that they taste better without the greyish skins

Boomdocker

Mmmmmmmm, straight out of the pod.

wigginsmum

Yep, much better out of the skin. I loathed broad beans as a kid, but a few years back we went to a country B&B and they served skinned steamed broad beans straight out of their garden; they were fabulous.

gwinnie

Can't stand them either, it's the dry texture. I'd give them away.

Fountaine

What a co-incidence, a few minutes ago, my elderley neighbour, put a bag of fresh picked broad beans over the fence for me, with a note to boil them in their pods them remove bean afterwards. I usually eat the frozen sort which I love, so am looking forward to these with my lunch tomorrow. Enjoy the weekend.