Fava Bean Salad

Ingredients

• 2-3 pounds fresh fava beans (also called broad beans), yielding about 1 1/2 to 2 cups shelled beans
• Salt
• 1 small bulb fennel, thinly sliced (a mandoline works well for this)
• 2 ounces Parmesan cheese, thinly sliced
• 10 fresh mint leaves, thinly sliced (chiffonade by stacking leaves and rolling them into a cigar shape, cut thin slices from the end)
• 2 medium scallions (green onions), sliced
• Extra-virgin olive oil
• Lemon juice
• Freshly ground black pepper