Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 c Cooked fava beans 2 Carrots, finely diced
-or small lima beans with 2 Stalks celery, finely diced
1/2 c (to 1 cup) Salt and pepper
-bean cooking liquid 1/2 c Chopped flat-leaf parsley
-or vegetable stock 2 c Country-style bread cubes
2 tb (to 3 tbs) -cut in 1/2" dice
-extra-virgin olive oil -toasted until crisp
1 lg Onion(s), i Cooking spray
2 Garlic clove(s) 1/2 c Fresh bread crumbs
-finely chopped

1. Drain the beans and let cool, reserving the cooking liquid.
Coarsely pur?e the beans.

2. Heat 1« tbs olive oil in a non-stick fry pan. Add the onion,
garlic, carrots, celery, salt and pepper and cook over medium heat
until just beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in the parsley,
the pur?ed beans, and enough bean cooking liquid or vegetable stock
to make a light, fluffy pur?e. Stir in the diced bread. Correct the
seasoning, adding salt and pepper to taste. The mixture should be
highly seasoned.

3. Preheat the oven to 400øf Spoon the fava bean mixture into an
8x12-inch baking or gratin dish lightly greased with cooking spray.
Combine the bread crumbs with the remaining oil in a small bowl and
stir to mix. Spread the crumb mixture on top of the gratin. Bake for
15-20 minutes, or until the top is crusty or brown. Or brown the
crust under the broiler.

High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking by Steven Raichlen pg 168
Submitted By DIANE LAZARUS On 10-26-95

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