Fava bean flour is a pale, protein-rich flour milled from dried fava beans, with an earthy, slightly bitter bean flavor. Lacking gluten, it is usually combined with wheat flour. In central Italy it is kneaded into rustic fresh pastas and used for savory batters and thickening.
Where it comes from
Made across the Mediterranean, where the fava bean is one of the oldest cultivated crops.
In the kitchen
Legume flour for rustic pasta and batters