Italian Food Recipes

This is a typical Italian recipe. It is made with broad beans and pork underbelly. The broad beans are legume that you can buy dried or fresh. This recipe is prepared with fresh board beans and it is a typical recipe from Roma. Board beans are good together with onion, salumi or cheese. Here broad beans are used as a side dish together with the Roman Pecorino! This dish is delicious, believe me!

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
1 Kg and 500 g of Broad beans
1 / 2 Chopped onion
70 g Pork underbelly cut into cubes
4 Tablespoons of Extra virgin olive oil
50 ml of White wine
1 / 2 Glass of water
200 g of Pecorino Romano (hard cheese made from ewe’s milk)
Salt
Pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 25 minutes

WINE: Castel del Monte bianco Doc (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Hull the broad beans and remove their surface peel that is bitter.



Preheat the extra virgin olive oil in a pan, add the chopped onion and cook for about 2 – 3. Then add the cubes of pork underbelly and let them brown for about 2 – 3 minutes.

Add the broad beans and let them flavour stirring, seasoned with salt and pepper.

Pour the wine and let it evaporate at high flame. At the end add the water and continue to cook for about 15 minutes.

Serve hot with a delicious slice of Pecorino Romano.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!