Fabes con Almejas

Name: Fabes con Almejas
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 400g Asturian faba beans (or large white beans), soaked overnight; 500g clams, purged in salted water; 1 onion and 3 garlic cloves; 100ml white wine; A pinch of saffron; Bay leaf and parsley; Olive oil

Fabes con almejas/FAH-bes kon al-MEH-has/

Also known as: Fabes con Almeyes, Asturian Beans with Clams, Fabas con Almejas

About this dish

Large, buttery Asturian white beans stewed slowly with clams in a sauce of garlic, onion, white wine and saffron.

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Ingredients

🫘400g Asturian faba beans (or large white beans), soaked overnight

🦪500g clams, purged in salted water

🧅1 onion and 3 garlic cloves

🍷100ml white wine

🌼A pinch of saffron

🌿Bay leaf and parsley

🫒Olive oil

Method

Serves 3

Cover the beans with cold water, add half the onion and a bay leaf, and bring to the boil.

Simmer very gently for 2–3 hours, adding cold water to 'scare' them so they stay whole.

Soften the rest of the onion and the garlic in oil, add the wine and clams, and cover until they open.

Add the clams and their sauce and the saffron to the beans.

Simmer for 5 minutes, rest, and serve with parsley.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Fabes con almejas is a classic of Asturias, a seafood alternative to fabada made with the region's prized faba beans.

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