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Fave e Cicoria

AntipastoPuglia

Fava purée with wild chicory

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Fave e Cicoria

A silky purée of dried broad beans served with sautéed bitter wild chicory and a thread of olive oil, cucina povera at its purest.

Key ingredients

dried fava beanswild chicoryolive oil

What wine goes with Fave e Cicoria?

  • Verdeca Verdeca's freshness lifts the earthy beans and bitter greens.
  • Locorotondo DOC The Valle d'Itria white is the everyday match for this peasant plate.