Fava Rica at Graça Market

Açores

Dried fava beans at the Mercado da Graça, in the centre of Ponta Delgada. Dried legumes were a way to preserve agricultural goods and food at a time when refrigeration did not exist. The drying process concentrates the flavour of the fava, known as Fava Rica.

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