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Creamy broad beans with wilted Baby Gem lettuce and melba toast
Photo: Mike Kenneally

Creamy broad beans with wilted Baby Gem lettuce and melba toast

9 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 2 openrecipes

This recipe was cooked by amateur chefs as part of the BBC's Step Up to the Plate television programme.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

251
Calories
4g
Protein
18g
Fat
20g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Broad Bean not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 150g/5½oz broad beans
  • 1 clove garlic
  • pinch salt
  • 25g/1oz unsalted butter
  • 1 Baby Gem lettuce
  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 slice thick white bread

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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