Fave E Cicoria | Fava Bean Puree With Wild Chicory
Fave E Cicoria | Fava Bean Puree With Wild Chicory
This traditional Pugliese dish is simple to prepare and showcases the rich flavors of Puglia's harvest. This recipe is courtesy of Especially Puglia
Servings
4
servings
Ingredients
- 500 gram dried and peeled fava beans
- 1 kilogram wild chicory (or dandelion greens)
- extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 -3 bay leaves, salt, pepper, water
Directions
- Cook the beans and bay leaves with 3-4 pinches of salt, add enough water to just cover. Cover and leave to simmer for 2-3 hours until it has a puree consistency. Add water if needed and season to taste with salt and pepper. Meanwhile wash chicory leaves and cook in boiling water with a pinch of salt for 20-30 minutes. Heat olive oil in a different pan and add crushed (with pestle and mortar, not to a mush but rather just broken up a little) garlic. Add drained, cooked chicory almost right away. Cook for 10-15 minutes and season with salt and pepper at the end. Serve together by spooning fava bean puree on one side of the plate and the chicory leaves on the other. Drizzle with olive oil. Eat chicory like you would spaghetti, by twirling it on your fork. The bitter taste of the leaves are in perfect harmony with the fava bean’s sweet, creamy texture.