Edible Paradise

INGREDIENTS:

4 Italian sausages (no fennel), casings removed
2 medium onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 cans stewed tomatoes
4 lbs. shelled fava beans

METHOD:

In large pan, sauté sausages, crumbling meat as it cooks. Add chopped onions and garlic and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add stewed tomatoes and and simmer 20 minutes.

Boil the fava beans in salted water until they’re tender. Option--don’t remove the inner skin if the beans are young. Drain the beans.

Add beans to the tomato mixture and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve hot.

SOURCE: Recipe submitted by Joann Minazzoli of F & J Minazzoli