Radicchio and Warm Bean Salad
Pretty simple and and pretty good salad, with only one hitch.
Radicchio, cranberry beans, olive oil, salt, pepper, red wine vinegar. Marcella provides 3 options for the radicchio, even including Belgian endive. I had no choice – only the rounded radicchio was available.
The final result below. I’m not sure how you think it looks, but I can assure you the salad was very good.
What I liked about this recipe:
Hey, it’s pretty easy to make & the result is very good. The taste of this salad is unique in my experience.
What I didn’t like about this recipe:
You can’t make this at the last minute, if using dried cranberry beans – & I’ve never seen fresh ones. The cranberry beans have to soak overnight.
Would I make it again?
Yes, I probably will in summer or early fall, using radicchio from my garden. It gives me a reason to plant a flat of radicchio this year.
Thank you, Doug, a very convincing presentation. But I am surprised that fresh cranberry beans do not come your way. I know you live in Ontario, but is that so remote from the northwestern States, where fresh cranberry beans are so common?