Life has been hectic lately and my time in the kitchen has been very limited. For the past two weeks, we have been eating very simple food that requires very little preparation time with minimal clean up.
When Linda posted this recipe I knew it was going to be a hit but had to wait until I had more than a few minutes to put dinner together. I am so glad I took the time to shell the fava beans not only once but twice to make this delicious and healthy dip! It’s totally worth the effort and the result is a delicious and refreshing dip full of Mediterranean flavours.
- 1 pound shelled fresh fava beans
- Juice of 1 lemon or more to taste
- ¼ cup tahini
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 1 cup loosely packed mint leaves
Place the shelled fava beans in a medium pot and cover with cold water, bring to a boil and cook for about 5 minutes, drain and peel them.
Transfer the peeled fava beans to a food processor along with the other ingredients and pulse until pureed, taste for the seasoning, add more salt or lemon juice if necessary.
Transfer the fava bean hummus to a bowl, garnish with a mint leaf and serve with crudités, crackers or fresh bread.
Hi Megi, your hummus looks so good, did you take off the skin on each bean? I tried fava beans last year and I had to deshell and blanch them and after that I skinned each bean which was a lot of work. I used them in a salad, but I like the hummus idea too
I’m always lazy to peel fava beans but it is always worth the effort. This looks perfect.
Hi, Megi! I was wondering where you were! This looks so refreshing and sounds so good!
Looks so wonderful!
looks real yummy..:)
It definitely looks worth all the work to shell the beans! I love healthy colorful dips like this!
Too funny. That is why I did the dressing post and I have another one as well coming up. I’m all about quick, easy AND delish.
Megi, the dip looks delicious…love the amount of mint it it. I’m thinking it’s quite a refreshing dip for the summertime.
Oh delicious! this hummus looks wonderful!
Megi, This dip looks so healthy and delicious! Tahini, mint and fava beans….Yum! A nice alternative to traditional Hummus! The color is so pretty too!
I’ve never had fresh fava beans. I really need to get my hands on some!
I love this kind of twists on traditional recipes! And it looks so pretty too
Maybe I should try making lentil hummus, or an edamame hummus…