Fava Bean Gazpacho

Recipe Ingredients

3 lbs	1362g / 48oz	Fresh fava beans - shelled, peeled
2 tablespoons	30ml	Salt
5		Baguette or good French bread, 1" thick
3		Garlic cloves - peeled
1/4 cup	59ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
4 tablespoons	60ml	Sherry vinegar
1 cup	237ml	Chicken stock - cool
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1		Ripe cantaloupe

Recipe Instructions

Bring 3 quarts water to boil in a 6-quart saucepan and add 2 tablespoons of salt. Add fava beans and cook until tender, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Drain favas and refresh in an ice bath.

Remove crusts from bread and soak 2 minutes in water. Remove bread from water and press dry. Place bread, beans, garlic, olive oil and vinegar into a food processor and blend until smooth. With motor running, drizzle cool chicken stock into mixture in a thin stream. Season with salt and pepper and refrigerate.

Cut melon in half and remove seeds. Using a melon baller, form entire melon into 1/2-inch balls. Pour cool soup into chilled bowls and garnish with melon balls.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
MEDITERRANEAN MARIO with Mario Batali - (Show # ME-1B01) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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