Spanish
Habas con Jamon (Fava Beans with Serrano Ham)
Habas con Jamon (Fava Beans with Serrano Ham) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 cups shelled fava beans
- 4 oz jamon serrano
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 small onion
- 1 small handful fresh mint leaves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Heat the olive oil in a wide skillet and cook the chopped onion and garlic over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add the diced jamon and cook for 2 minutes, just until it turns golden and releases its fat into the pan.
- Stir in the fava beans and a splash of water, cover, and cook for about 10 minutes until the beans are tender, stirring once or twice.
- Uncover and let any extra liquid cook off for a minute so the beans stay glossy rather than watery.
- Season with the salt and pepper, scatter the torn mint on top, and bring it to the table straightaway while the ham is still fragrant.
Serve it with
A Spanish lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Habas con Jamon (Fava Beans with Serrano Ham), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Habas con Jamon (Fava Beans with Serrano Ham) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Pulses and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Habas con Jamon (Fava Beans with Serrano Ham) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in spring, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on fava bean and ham.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from southern Spain.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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