Broad beans with tomatoes & anchovies

Broad beans with tomatoes & anchovies

Gloriously colourful broad beans with tomatoes and anchovies, perfect with spring lamb

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20-25 minutes

Super healthy

Method

  1. Blanch the shelled beans in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain into a sieve and hold under running cold water to cool them down quickly. Drain again and peel off the outer hard skins - make a nick in the tops and pop the beans out.
  2. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan until very hot, add the tomatoes and sauté over a high heat until the juices begin to run and caramelise. Tip in the spring onions and garlic and cook over a medium heat for 1-2 minutes until the onions just begin to soften and the garlic begins to turn golden. Now add the beans and sauté for 1-2 minutes until heated through. Stir in the anchovies so they break up, season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then stir in the marjoram or parsley and serve.

Per serving

161 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 7g, salt 0.34 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2004.

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  • 26 November 2007

    delilah404 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Tasty. I would say the above amount really only serves two!

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  • 23 June 2008

    bagpuss rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Really quick & easy to make & surprisingly tasty. Wouldn't add any salt when seasoning - the anchovies are enough. I'd agree that the quantities serve 2 if that's all you're having but it would work as a side dish for more.

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  • 28 July 2008

    Torchy rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This was good, although I really made it just to use up some Broad Beans that I had knocking around the kitchen. Popping the blanched beans out of the shells was a bit of a chore so if I made this again I'd be tempted to throw them in with the skins on. I didn't have enough Cherry Tomatoes so I used a can of chopped tomatoes as well. I agree with the comments about there not being that much, so I cooked some Pasta Shells (approx 250g) seperately and mixed them in before serving.

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  • 02 January 2009

    Wendy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Used Birds Eye frozen soya beans (which are delicious - try them if you haven't already!) instead of broad beans. Really enjoyed this dish although saved leftovers for the next day and found the anchovies had permeated the beans making them quite horrible. So best eaten fresh!

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  • 05 July 2009

    Sierra McLeod rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious and easy. We used fresh broad beans from the garden and have rung the changes using haloumi instead of anchovies and normal tomatoes instead of cherry. Great way to use up broad beans.

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  • 13 July 2011

    bailey rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    When my daughter was 5, on holiday in France, she tried goats cheese for the first time and said, "It tastes better than it smells".This recipe looks better than it tastes, although I WILL try it again to be sure.Very quick and easy.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20-25 minutes

Super healthy

A good source of folic acid and vitamin C, 2 of 5-a-day

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Per serving

161 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 7g, salt 0.34 g

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