Broad Beans and Chicory

This is a peasant dish from Puglia, which I sampled in Lecce at a restaurant owned by Tonio Piceci - a gourmet who shares my passion for preserving regional food and features authentic local dishes on his menu. It is important to use the best-quality ingredients, such as really good olive oil and dried broad beans. In Puglia, the chicory used would be catalogna puntarelle, which is very similar to dandelions. Wild dandelions can be substituted for the chicory when in