Hodmedod's British Pulses & Grains
£2.29
Britain's original bean, the fava bean is delicious, nutritious and good for the soil. Our Organic Whole Fava Beans are perfect for spicy Egyptian ful medames, truly British baked beans, stews, curries, salads and more.
Our current crop of whole fava beans were grown on the Balcaskie Estate in Scotland, They're the unusually small, round and wonderfully tender Maris Bead variety, bred over 50 years ago at the Plant Breeding Institute on Maris Lane near Cambridge.
Whether they're cooked from dry or used canned, we think these are our best ever whole fava.
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Whole dried fava beans retain their skin and require soaking before use, but hold their shape even after prolonged cooking.
Soak overnight, drain and rinse. Place in a pan with plenty of water, bring to boil, cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes until tender. Refreshing the water during cooking will remove more of the natural tannins from the bean skins and give a more subtle flavour.
Cooking times for dried pulses will be longer at higher altitudes and when cooking with hard water or older pulses.
Adding bicarbonate of soda during soaking and/or cooking will soften the pulses and reduce the cooking time.
Cooked pulses can be used immediately or frozen for later use.
Fava Beans (Broad Beans)
No Allergens
Typical values | Per 100g |
Energy | 1181kJ (282kcal) |
Fat | 2g |
of which saturates | 0.4g |
Carbohydrate | 27.9g |
of which sugars | 2.1g |
Fibre | 30g |
Protein | 23.1g |
Salt | 0g |
Fava Beans are also a good source of Phosphorus, Copper and Manganese, and a very good source of Folate.
Delicious, nutritious and good for the soil, fava beans are a variety of broad bean, Vicia faba, left to ripen and dry before harvest. They’re also known as field beans, horse beans, Windsor beans or ful.
Britain's original bean, fava beans have been grown and eaten here since the Iron Age.
Suitable for vegans and vegetarians
Hodmedod's British Pulses & Grains
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Split Fava Beans are tasty, versatile and easy to cook - they don’t even need soaking.
Use our Organic Split Fava Beans to make dal, falafel or hummus - or add a handful or more to soups, stews or curries. The beans get softer and softer the longer they're cooked.
Or try our new Fava Bean Chips - they're cheaper than Split Fava Beans and cook just the same only a little faster.
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Red Haricot Beans have a superb taste, delicate texture and rich garnet red colour. They're especially good in chillis, bean casseroles and salads.
Or try our canned Red Haricot Beans in Water, cooked and ready to use.
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Fava Bean Chips cook just like Split Fava Beans, only a little faster as they're smaller pieces of bean. They cost less (cheap as chips?) than the larger Split Fava Beans but are just as tasty, versatile and easy to cook.
Use our Fava Bean Chips to make dal, falafel or hummus - or add a handful or more to soups, stews or curries. The beans get softer and softer the longer they're cooked.
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SEASONAL BEANS Growing drying beans from New World species is dirfficult to do in the UK, certainly at any kind of scale. Each year we have very limited quantities of some special rare beans from a handful of growers. This year we'll probably only have these borlotti. We bother to try growing tricky beans every year because we think it should be possible to develop systems that will work for smaller scale farmers in the UK. We're just not there yet. We also think that as the climate changes crops like this will become easier to grow and a more important part of resilient systems. But things aren't quite bad enough yet... And we bother because these beans, thoughtfully grown and carefully harvested, are absolutely delicious. |
These borlotti beans are a multi-purpose bean that can be harvested as a green pod to be eaten as a vegetable, as semi-dry beans for quick cooking and as dry storing beans. In the UK borlotti are often grown as a French bean, and sometimes to be eaten semi-dry, but much more rarely for drying, though doing so is increasingly feasible. The beans are at their most nutritious when fully dry, they hold their shape when cooked and add a creamy depth to soups and stews or when blended for dips.
These borlotti beans have been grown for us by Greengrow workers’ co-operative
at Berry Farm, Suffolk. Berry Farm is a small, co-operatively owned and managed mixed holding in Suffolk’s Waveney Valley. The farm is dedicated to social, environmental and economic sustainability. Improving the farm’s ecology and sharing its beauty with visiting school and educational groups is as important to the farm as growing high quality seasonal food. Though not certified as organic, the farm works to organic and permaculture principles.
Soak the beans for 6 hours. Cover with water or stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 to 50 minutes until the beans are soft. Add more water if needed.
Cooking times for dried pulses will be longer at higher altitudes and when cooking with hard water or older pulses.
Adding bicarbonate of soda during soaking and/or cooking will soften the pulses and reduce the cooking time.
Cooked pulses can be used immediately or frozen for later use.
Beans
May contain occasional small stones
No Allergens
Typical values (for generic Phaseolus beans) |
Per 100g |
Energy | 1,427kJ (341kcal) |
Fat | 1.4g |
of which saturates | 0.4g |
Carbohydrate | 46g |
of which sugars | 2.1g |
Fibre | 16g |
Protein | 22g |
Salt | 0g |
A rare variety of Phaseolus bean.
Grown in the UK.
Suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
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