Pink Bean and Radicchio Soup

Preparation info
  • Makes about 6 cups 1.5 l ) ;

    6

    first-course servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Soup: A Way of Life

By Barbara Kafka

Published 1998

  • About

This is a made-up soup, but I think very good. Imagine it as the result of a thrifty Italian’s having leftover braised radicchio, which is what actually happened to this thrifty non-Italian. A larger batch can be made by making more radicchio.

We are used to seeing the round red chicory balls for salad, which have a dangerous similarity to red cabbage, called radicchio. Actually, there are many kinds of these forced heads of cut-back chicory. Most are meant to be cooked. Endive (wit