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Spring Vegetable Medley

  
   
   
   
Ingredients -  
   

3 pounds Fresh Fava Beans (of lima beans), shelled
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 tablespoon Unsalted Butter
4 Shallots, chopped
Salt and Pepper, to taste
1 pound Sugar Snap Peas, trimmed
1 pound Asparagus, trimmed and cut into bite-sized pieces
1 tablespoon finely chopped or Grated Lemon Zest
2 teaspoons Fresh Lemon Juice

  
   
Preparation:  
   

Blanch fava beans in boiling water for one minute, cool in ice water then place in a bowl and set aside.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon butter in a pan.

Add shallots and sauté until tender.

Remove shallots to a bowl.

Now sauté peas; season with salt to taste. When crisp tender add to shallots.

Add remaining oil and butter and sauté asparagus; season with salt to taste.

When crisp tender add the fava beans sauté, about 2 minutes more.

Add back the shallots and peas along with zest and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper and heat though.