Comments on: Simple and healthy Italian recipes: fava broad beans and chicory http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/ Italy Puglia cooking vacations and wine tours Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:58:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stile Mediterraneo http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-8573 Stile Mediterraneo Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:19:50 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-8573 Hi Sig, wild chicories resemble dandellion.....but they are not exactly the same. Hi Sig, wild chicories resemble dandellion…..but they are not exactly the same.

]]> By: Sig http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-8365 Sig Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:59:40 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-8365 I'm uncertain what wild chicories are and wondering what I can substitute them with. (but I'm certain they don't grow wild in Norway in winter..) Do the wild chicories resemble ruccola/ arugula? Or maybe even the leaves of dandellion? From pictures I find on the internet they do not look like regular chicory or endives. -sig I’m uncertain what wild chicories are and wondering what I can substitute them with. (but I’m certain they don’t grow wild in Norway in winter..)

Do the wild chicories resemble ruccola/ arugula? Or maybe even the leaves of dandellion? From pictures I find on the internet they do not look like regular chicory or endives.

-sig

]]> By: T. W. Anderson http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-33 T. W. Anderson Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-33 Yeah, we were pretty disappointed. The biggest issue is that Bulgarians have a very strict "traditional" way of eating, and they very RARELY are willing to step out of their comfort zone. So far what we've found is that nobody has a clue what we are talking about when we ask for fava beans. <br /><br />Same thing with black beans. I simply cannot find black beans. Now, I haven't been to EVERY store in Sofia, but the most common stores, plus the open markets, don't seem to carry black beans (which I'd really love to get my hands on for Mexican dishes) so I usually substitute pinto beans. I'm sure if we look a bit harder we'll find the fava beans. I'm so jealous :) Yeah, we were pretty disappointed. The biggest issue is that Bulgarians have a very strict “traditional” way of eating, and they very RARELY are willing to step out of their comfort zone. So far what we’ve found is that nobody has a clue what we are talking about when we ask for fava beans.

Same thing with black beans. I simply cannot find black beans. Now, I haven’t been to EVERY store in Sofia, but the most common stores, plus the open markets, don’t seem to carry black beans (which I’d really love to get my hands on for Mexican dishes) so I usually substitute pinto beans. I’m sure if we look a bit harder we’ll find the fava beans. I’m so jealous :)

]]> By: Cinzia and Marika http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Cinzia and Marika Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:23:00 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-30 Tim, I cannot believe you cannot find them! <br />In Puglia, now the fava season has started. At the food markets it's a sort of fava feast. Everybody sells them!...and when you go to the countryside you can smell the favas in the hair. I love fava and fresh pecorino cheese! Tim, I cannot believe you cannot find them!
In Puglia, now the fava season has started. At the food markets it’s a sort of fava feast. Everybody sells them!…and when you go to the countryside you can smell the favas in the hair. I love fava and fresh pecorino cheese!

]]> By: T. W. Anderson http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-27 T. W. Anderson Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-27 On a side note, couldn't find fava beans to save my life! We looked at three different stores to no avail. I'm sure they are sold somewhere in Sofia, but they have a horrible habit in Bulgaria of labeling beans by their color and size, not by what kind of bean they are, so when you go into a store or hit the open market and you don't see them and start to ask, everyone answers with a shrug of their shoulders. So far we've yet to meet someone who even KNOWS what a fava/broad bean is. Amazing that something I took for granted back in the US is something I cannot seem to find here. <br /><br />Still, I got some white beans and made a nice white-bean soup instead, although it wasn't exactly what I was looking for :) Ah well, I'll keep looking! On a side note, couldn’t find fava beans to save my life! We looked at three different stores to no avail. I’m sure they are sold somewhere in Sofia, but they have a horrible habit in Bulgaria of labeling beans by their color and size, not by what kind of bean they are, so when you go into a store or hit the open market and you don’t see them and start to ask, everyone answers with a shrug of their shoulders. So far we’ve yet to meet someone who even KNOWS what a fava/broad bean is. Amazing that something I took for granted back in the US is something I cannot seem to find here.

Still, I got some white beans and made a nice white-bean soup instead, although it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for :) Ah well, I’ll keep looking!

]]> By: T. W. Anderson http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-17 T. W. Anderson Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-17 Fried green peppers on the side sounds delicious. I actually can't wait to try this. I've been working on getting a starter going to make some sourdough bread, so hopefully I can have a loaf ready next week. However, even if I can't, we'll try this with some thick country bread for sure. Yummmm! Fried green peppers on the side sounds delicious. I actually can’t wait to try this. I’ve been working on getting a starter going to make some sourdough bread, so hopefully I can have a loaf ready next week. However, even if I can’t, we’ll try this with some thick country bread for sure. Yummmm!

]]> By: Cinzia and Marika http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Cinzia and Marika Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-16 We also accompany fava beans with thick slices of country-style bread, toasted in the oven; or as an alternative with fried green pepper.<br />This what we do in the summer when we can't find the wild chicories (in Puglia you can only find them in the winter season).<br />Some people also accompany the fava beans with pasta. We also accompany fava beans with thick slices of country-style bread, toasted in the oven; or as an alternative with fried green pepper.
This what we do in the summer when we can’t find the wild chicories (in Puglia you can only find them in the winter season).
Some people also accompany the fava beans with pasta.

]]> By: T. W. Anderson http://www.italycookingcourses.com/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe/comment-page-1/#comment-15 T. W. Anderson Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:12:00 +0000 http://www.vollanprojects.co.uk/wordpress/2009/04/fava-beans-and-chicory-healthy-and-easy-recipe-2/#comment-15 This sounds simply divine! I might have to hunt for the chicory, but the rest of the ingredients are ready at hand. We'll be trying this out for sure in the next week or two. This sounds simply divine! I might have to hunt for the chicory, but the rest of the ingredients are ready at hand. We’ll be trying this out for sure in the next week or two.

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