Recipe for broad beans and herby rice with lamb | A Kitchen in Rome

As Roman markets heave with bright green broad beans, hands can be seen busy with the ritual of peeling them to eat with pecorino romano. Try them with herby rice and new-season lamb chopsLike peeling roasted chestnuts, prising open shellfish, or simply flicking open a salted pistachio nut with your thumbnail, in Rome at this time of year peeling broad beans is part of a ritual – one as important as the taste. Important too is the cutting, or rather hewing, of the cheese with a small spade