Fava Bean Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette and Shaved Manchego Cheese

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I followed the recipe as-is (everyone should have manchego on hand, it's so good!. I thought the dressing was perfect (I used meyer lemon juice I had in my freezer. We loved it! Just wish I had more fava beans, I probably had two pounds of favas which didn't yield a whole lot of beans. We will definitely make this again!

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I felt the lemon overpowered the fava beans instead of complimenting them. The salad actually tasted better the next day after the flavors had a chance to rest together. I would probably try onion as recommended if I tried it again and use less lemon juice.

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After reading the other posts, I modified my version of this somewhat. Added lemon zest and diced red onion (another poster recommended the onion. I use less EVOO. Since I didn't have any Manchego, I used shaved Parm. Yummy just the same.

Does anyone have a faster way of peeling/shucking the favas? I had four pounds of fresh from the farm favas, which yielded about two cups of cooked beans. Since they have two shells, they are time consuming to work with. Nonetheless, the flavors are worth all the work.

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Used ricotta salata (that is what we had on-hand, very light and highlights the gentle flavor of the beans.

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This is a great recipe to use up those fava beans from your CSA. I didn't have enough so added some fresh-shucked peas, and it tasted great. Used asiago instead of manchego-a good quality cheese is definitly the key here.

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Great refreshing salad, fairly easy to make. If you have friends or family on hand, recruit them to help with the fava beans, as they are very labor intensive. You have to first pop all the beans out of the pods, then after cooking, you have to peel the skins off of each bean. I added to mine some lemon verbena and a tiny bit of red onion.

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The recipe was wonderful as is. I incorporate some butter lettuce to broaden a bit. Perfect!

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Delicious salad. I add some baby lettuce, Roma tomatoes, and sunflower shoots and the salad turned into a light meal.

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EASY LIGHT AND REFRESHING.EVEN MY HUSBAND AND SON ENJOYED THEM.

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This is amazingly simple and DELICIOUS. If you can get your hands on fresh favas, this is the best way to showcase them. Instead of the machego, I used very small cubes of feta, which with the lemon juice was a perfect tangy compliment.