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Origin
Basilicata (widespread)
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Description
A spring vegetable stew unique to Basilicata: fresh fava beans, young artichokes, spring onions, and pancetta or guanciale braised together in olive oil with a ladleful of water, no stock. The vegetables braise in their own moisture until silky and the olive oil creates a natural emulsion with the vegetable liquid. It is a technique of radical simplicity — the quality of the ingredients is the entire dish.
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The Thread
—Spring vegetable braise with cured pork fat as the aromatic base — the Iberian parallel Spanish
—Fresh broad beans braised with fat and herbs in their own steam — identical principle Provençal
—Fresh fava and artichoke braised together with olive oil — the direct Mediterranean relative Greek
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Flavour Context
Sweet, grassy favas and bitter-edged artichoke in a silky olive oil emulsion — the simplest expression of the Lucano spring table
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