Fava Bean-And-Orzo Salad

Category: Salad

Cuisine: American

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 tb Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

1/2 ts Salt

1 Ear shucked corn

1 Garlic minced

4 c Cooked orzo (1-1/3 cups

1 ds Ground red pepper

1 c Coarsely shredded carrot

1 1/3 c Vertically sliced red onion

3 1/2 lb Unshelled fava beans

1 tb Fresh lime juice

1/4 ts Black pepper

1/4 c Cider vinegar

1 1/2 ts Dijon mustard

2 tb Fresh Cilantro chopped


Directions

Shell fava beans. Drop beans into a large saucepan of boiling water; cook 1-1/2 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water. Remove the tough outer skin from beans. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add fava beans and corn; cover, reduce heat to medium, and cook 5 minutes or until tender. Drain and let cool slightly. Cut corn kernels from cob; set corn and beans aside. Combine vinegar and next 8 ingredients (vinegar through garlic) in a large bowl; stir well. Add corn, beans, pasta, onion, and carrot; toss gently. Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 cup). Per serving: 338 Calories; 4g Fat (10% calories from fat); 17g Protein; 61g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 255mg Sodium Serving Ideas : Serve at room temperature or chilled. NOTES : Orzo is a rice-shaped pasta. Fordhook limas or butter beans can be used in place of favas. Recipe by: Cooking Light, June 1995, page 78 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #399 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

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