Warm Borlotti Bean and Radicchio Salad
This salad from the Veneto in Italy is a study in contrasts: warm, creamy, sweet-tasting beans against crisp, cool, lightly bitter radicchio and salty, crisp pancetta. Cannellini or other white kidney beans can be substituted for the borlotti beans. Serve the salad as an accompaniment to grilled tuna or roasted chicken.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cranberry | 1 cup raw (100g) | 46 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
| Radicchio | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried borlotti or cranberry beans
- 2 oz. pancetta, chopped
- 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, lightly crushed
- One 2-inch fresh rosemary sprig
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 1 small head radicchio, about 1/4 lb., trimmed and cut crosswise into narrow strips
- 1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
- 2 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley