Kitchen
Eleni's fava, and why it takes two days
Yellow split peas, onions, patience. The recipe everyone asks for, finally written down.
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Fava is not made of fava beans. It is yellow split pea, and on the islands it is a small religion.
Eleni soaks the peas overnight, simmers them for hours with onion and bay, and lets them rest until the next day. Then she beats them with oil from the grove until they turn silky. Capers, red onion and more oil on top. That is all, and it is everything.