This is an excerpt from The Neapolitan recipe collection
(Italy, 15th c - T. Scully, trans.)
The original source can be found at
University of Michigan Digital General Collection
Broad Beans. Get or purchase broad-bean paste and put it in a pot with good oil; fry an onion and put it in the pot with an ounce of raisins; dish it up garnished with spices and sugar.