Ricettario d'Italia

In breve

The dish in short

  • Dried broad beans, skinned, soaked at least 12 hours, then cooked about 3 hours over low heat until they fall into a purée.
  • The purée is beaten with a wooden spoon while olive oil is drizzled in: dense and soft, but still a little grainy.
  • Chicory, wild where possible, boiled apart in lightly salted water until tender, then laid as a bed under the purée.
  • Only four ingredients: broad beans, chicory, extra virgin olive oil and salt, with more raw oil poured over each plate.

Il video, Foggia, Puglia

Fave e cicorie

The video: Purée of dried broad beans with boiled wild chicory and raw olive oil

Apulia's purée of dried skinned broad beans, soaked overnight and cooked slowly for hours until they fall apart, beaten with olive oil and served on boiled wild chicory with more raw oil poured over. The video is an illustration; the recipe has the exact quantities, temperatures and times.

Serves
4
Hands-on
21 min
Cooking
3 h 15 min
Video
11 s

Passo dopo passo

The steps, in photos

The video shows the main moments; these are all 12 steps, as in the recipe.

Photos of steps 1, 2, 3
1Soak the beans2Drain and rinse3Bring them slowly to the boil and skim
Photos of steps 4, 5, 6
4Cook them slowly, topping up5The last hour: let them fall apart6Put the water on
Photos of steps 7, 8, 9
7Clean and wash the chicory8Boil the chicory9Drain and press
Photos of steps 10, 11, 12
10Beat in the oil11Taste for salt12Serve on a bed of chicory

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