Main Starter Light Bites Lunch

Broad Beans with Serrano Ham

This vibrant dish makes a great tapas dish or light lunch to eat in the sunshine. Although the recipe is for one person, you can easily scale up the ingredients depending on how many people you’re serving.

5 minutes prep, 15 minutes cook

Serves 1

Ingredients

Calorie controlled cooking spray

2 banana shallots, finely sliced

1 garlic clove, finely sliced

50g serrano ham, or British air-dried ham, roughly torn

¼ tsp sweet smoked paprika

200g frozen broad beans

½ tsp sherry vinegar

½ tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

50g slice sourdough bread

Method

Mist a nonstick frying pan with cooking spray and fry the shallots for 7-8 minutes until soft. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes, then add the ham and fry for 4-5 minutes until the ham is crisp. Stir in the paprika.

Meanwhile, cook the broad beans in a pan of boiling water for 3-4 minutes until tender, then drain, refresh under cold running water and squeeze the pods from their skins.

Add the broad bean pods to the frying pan and season to taste. Stir in the vinegar and scatter over the parsley. Toast the sourdough and serve with the bean and ham mixture.