Fava Bean Soup

• For the soup:
• 500 grams fava (broad) beans (about 2kg in the pods)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, broadly chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, halved
• 1 small leek, just the white part, sliced
• 1 large potato, diced
• vegetable stock, chicken stock or water
• 1 liter Sea salt, to taste
• Garnishes (optional, if you have some dietary restrictions you may have to skip some of these):
• Feta cheese
• Fried onions
• Mint leaves, chopped
• Little pieces of fried bacon

1. Begin by removing the beans from the pods and then skin them, removing the outer shell.
2. Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion, garlic and leek and saute for 5 minutes on a low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent.
3. Add the potatoes and fava beans and cook 2 to 3 minutes more. Add broth, or water, and season with salt (note that if you are using a broth, it will already have some salt). Bring to a boil and cook for 25 minutes on a low heat.
4. Make a puree with the hand blender. Serve the fava bean soup warm, with little bits of feta cheese, fried onion and chopped mint leaves (optional).

olive oil, onion, garlic, white part, potato, vegetable stock, salt, dietary restrictions, cheese, onions, mint leaves, bacon

Taken from food52.com/recipes/70733-fava-bean-soup (may not work)