Broad beans with mozzarella, lemon & mint

Broad beans with mozzarella, lemon & mint

A few fresh ingredients are all you need for this simple salad

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Simmer the broad beans for 4 minutes, drain, cool and peel off the grey skins. Mix with the lemon zest, juice and mint and add a good slug of oil. season.
  2. Put the mozzarella in the centre of a plate, spoon the beans around and drizzle some of the dressing over the cheese.
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Double podding

Broad beans have a long, slightly furry pod, and each bean has a leathery, greyish skin. Removing both is called double podding.

Per serving

372 kcalories, protein 14.8g, carbohydrate 4.4g, fat 32.9 g, saturated fat 12.3g, fibre 2.7g, salt 0.83 g

Recipe from olive magazine, July 2009.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 handfuls (about 100g) broad beans , fresh or frozen
  • 1 lemon , zested and juiced
  • 2 handfuls mint , chopped
  • olive oil
  • 1 ball mozzarella , a buffalo mozzarella will have a superior flavour
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Per serving

372 kcalories, protein 14.8g, carbohydrate 4.4g, fat 32.9 g, saturated fat 12.3g, fibre 2.7g, salt 0.83 g

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