Fava beans, green Peas and Clams

♪ And youu, decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a part, ♫

♫ And youu decorated my life, by paintin' your love all over my heart, ♪

♪You decorated my life... ♫

Yeah, that's the way I feel... I'm in the clouds enjoying the end of the Spring and beggining of  Summer... who wants to be inside cooking and blogging? Sorry followers and blogger friends :D.

This is a dish I should have uploaded some time ago. You can still find fava beans and green peas but it's the end of the season, so... my advise is... keep the recipe for the next Spring ;D. I bet you will like it! Mixing Clams and Legumes is always a daring and delicious paring.

Ingredients for 4 servings: 200 grs of fresh peas, 200 grs of fresh fava beans, 400 grs of fresh clams, i onion, 3 ripe tomatoes, some parsley, 1 bay leaf, a small cup of dry white wine, 1 garlic clove, a slice of dry bread, olive oil, salt and pepper.

• Soak the clams in salty cold water to let them loose the sand they keep inside.
• Peel and cut the onion in small pieces and poach inside a sauce pan with some olive oil. 
• Meanwhile, peel the garlic clove, cut it and put inside a mortar. Add the bread, a bit of salt, and 2 branches of parsley and smash until you get a paste.
• Peel the tomatoes and take their seeds away. Cut the pulp in small dices and add to the sauce pan together with the bay leaf. Cook at low temperature for 10 more minutes. Add the wine and a glass of water. When it boils again, add the fava beans and the peas. Cook for 15 minutes (if legumes are not tender it could take more).
• Add the mortar preparation. Stir a bit and add the clams. Cook until they open, stir for one more minute. Taste and add salt and black ground pepper. Sprinkle with minced parsley and serve the dish.