Typical of the spring period is macco di fave , a Sicilian recipe that gives us a perfect comfort food to savor seasonal products. It is a preparation to be made with broad beans - fresh or dried - which can be enjoyed alone, perhaps with some croutons, or to season pasta , for satisfying first courses.
What is macco di fave?
It is nothing more than a flavored broad bean soup in which the legumes are cooked for a long time until they become a more or less irregular cream (since some like to blend it), to be enjoyed hot or warm. Typical of St. Joseph 's day is a macco enriched with other legumes, while one of the traditional on the island, in addition to the one with tenerumi, is the macco of fresh broad beans with fennel .
Macco di fave alla siciliana, the recipe
To prepare fresh broad bean macco - known as Sicilian maccu or maccu beans - you need to get these fresh legumes and little else. Belonging to the poor cuisine , it is a dish rich in taste, the one that comes from the interaction between simplicity and quality of the raw material.
It's not difficult to make at home, but if you don't feel like cooking, you can opt for a ready-made macco di fava beans that is just waiting to end up on your plate.
Ingredients
- 2 kg of fresh broad beans
- 1 bunch of wild fennel
- 1 pair of spring onions
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt and black pepper
Preparation
- Peel the beans and remove the outer skin from each one
- Now slice the spring onions and brown them in extra virgin olive oil . Add the broad beans and brown them.
- Also add the fennel and cover with water.
- Cook until the beans are tender.
- Mix them vigorously, until they begin to fall apart and season with salt and pepper.
- At this point you can serve a coarse macco or pass it to the mixer until you get a puree.
- In both cases, serve it hot with a drizzle of oil and croutons to taste. Here is a handful of mouth-watering green beans ready.
Macco of dried broad beans, how to do it?
A variant of the dish that can be prepared all year round is the macco di fava beans . In this case, however, you must be careful to soak the beans the previous evening, and in any case, no less than four hours before. The recipe for making broad beans a macco is the same as the one you find above.
Pasta with macco di fava beans
As anticipated, the soup can be used to season pasta . In this case, add more water to the broad beans to obtain a liquid mixture and, once ready, add the pasta in the preferred shape and cook it. You will get a recipe of super appetizing Sicilian cuisine .
