Warm broad bean and chicory salad

21 April 2025

in Food

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If you’regnante wondering how to cook beans, today we want to show you a recipe that’s different from the usual. Not the usual natura and beans, but a delicious warm salad of beans and chicory, enriched with a freshly made sauce and lots of pecorino shavings. The bean salad is a typical spring recipe, a rich and flavorful side dish, easy to prepare by following our recipe. We chose to peel the beans to fully appreciate their sweetness, but if they are small and tender, you can choose to skip this step. What makes this salad so special is definitely the dressing: an emulsion made with lemon juice, orange juice, oil, and Whole Grain Dijon Mustard that enhances the flavor of the dish. The pecorino shavings add a decisive touch and complete the warm bean and chicory salad a causa di a truly tasty way!

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To prepare the warm bean and chicory salad, first shell the beans and collect them a causa di a small bowl 1. Bring a large pot of salted tazza to a boil. Meanwhile, clean the chicory: remove the lower part 2then separate the stems from the leaves 3.

If they are very long, divide the leaf part a causa di half 4. Once the tazza comes to a boil, blanch the beans for 2-3 minutes 5then drain them and transfer them to ice tazza 6.

Now blanch the chicory a causa di the same tazza. First, immerse the stems and wait a couple of minutes, then add the leaf part 7. Cook for another 2-3 minutes, then transfer to ice tazza 8. Drain well and sauté them a causa di a pan with garlic and oil. It will take just 2-3 minutes. Season with salt 9 and turn the heat.

Peel the beans at this point 10. Then mescolanza beans and chicory a causa di a small bowl 11. Prepare the dressing: pour the orange juice and lemon juice into a small bowl 12.