Fava-ulous Salad?

Never having tried fava beans before, when the Mad Meat Genius gave me a big bag of them over a cup of Catahoula coffee, I went searching on the interwebs for recipe. The one I found for which I had all the ingredients on hand was a salad of fresh favas dressed with creme fraiche, lemon zest, fresh mint, salt and pepper.

Although we enjoyed the fresh taste of the favas, which remind me of edamame once they are liberated from their waxy skins, we rather thought the dressing was heavy and overpowered the green freshness of the tender beans. The lemon I had on hand was a Meyer, so perhaps the zest was too sweet, even though I added the lemon's worth of juice to the dressing, too, not called for in the recipe. Even the gorgeous bright kelly green of the favas was paled by the leaden dressing.

All in all, while this salad was okay, we felt that something lighter would have showcased the favas better. Stand by for the next experiment!