Salad of Fresh Fava Beans with Pecorino Romano Cheese

Ingredients

 * 2 lb Fresh Fava Beans (to yield - about 8 oz. shelled)
 * 2 Shallots, peeled & finely -chopped
 * Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper
 * Juice of 1 lemon
 * 10 tb Olive Oil (extra virgin)
 * 1 Head baby lettuce (such as - Boston Bibb), washed & - dried
 * 1 bn Watercress washed & dried
 * 6 oz Pecorino Romano Cheese, - cut in 1" cubes 1

Directions

 * 1) Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Add the Shelled fava beans and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and, when cool enough to handle, pinch off and discard the outer skin from each bean.
 * 2) Place the shallots in a small bowl, add salt and pepper and stir in the lemon juice to dissolve the salt. Slowly whisk in the olive oil.
 * 3) Line a platter or 4 salad plates with lettuce. Arrange watercress and fava beans atop the lettuce. Drizzle on vinaigrette and the cubes of pecorino over all.