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Broad Beans

4 servings

Ingredients

• Broad beans, shelled (as needed)
• Salt (a little)
• Butter (a little)
• Flour (a little)
• Sugar (a little)
• Parsley (a little)

Instructions

1. Shell the broad beans and treat them like young green peas: bring to a brief boil in lightly salted water, then boil in a light roux of butter and flour with a little sugar and salt, and mix with chopped parsley before serving.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.