Broad bean glut

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Got an allotment last year and grew delicious broad beans. This year I'm expecting a glut of them again and instead of giving them away because I've run out of freezer space ,could do with some nice recipes that use the beans. Thanks in advance!

[Clanad]

How about a soup that you can freeze for later?
1 lb fresh or frozen broad beans
2 leeks
1 fresh young onion
2 tablespoons dried chives
2 teaspoons dried bay leaves, chopped
1 14 oz can cherry tomatoes
1 1/2 oz raw ham
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Fresh basil leaves
Salt an dfresh ground pepper to taste

Preparation:

Remove the green outside leaves from leeks and clean onion. Chop onion and leeks coarsely and put them in a saucepan together with olive oil, cherries tomatoes with their preservation juice, bay leaves and chives. Pour in about 800 ml (28 fl oz - 3 2/3 Cups) cold water and bring to the boil. Add broad beans and from the moment in which the soup begins boiling again, cook for about 20-30 minutes or until broad beans are tender and your soup has got the right thickness. In the last minutes of cooking add raw ham, cut into thin strips, and basil and season to taste with salt.
This serves 3 or 4, so you can doube or triple the recipe as needed for freezing.

Alternately, it's relatively easy to can the beans if picked when young and tender. Here's a recipe and directions similar to one we've used for long time here in the western U.S. for hot pickeled beans...
http://www.pickyourown.org/pickledbeans.htm

Good luck!

[maggiefoodie]

i found some lovely broad bean recipes on allrecipes.co.uk

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/2087/portuguese -broad-beans.aspx

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/6795/green-riso tto-with-broad-beans.aspx

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/1066/broad-bean -breakfast-spread.aspx

hope this helps!