Sow thistle is the wild herb that Theseus ate before he faced the Minotaur, as Pliny the Elder relates in his work Naturalis Historia. With its sweetish flavour, it is excellent for a simple mixed salad, but there are many uses for it in the kitchen. Try it in the recipe we propose.

Peel the potatoes, roughly chop them and cook them in boiling water for about 20 minutes. In the meantime, clean the sow thistle and wild chicory well from any residue and boil them for about 15 minutes until the stems are soft. Keep the cooking water to use as vegetable stock to cook the dried fava beans.

In a frying pan with a little oil, sauté the roughly chopped onion, carrot and celery with the garlic clove and chilli pepper.

Add the dried fava beans that you have soaked overnight and simmer for about 2 hours adding the vegetable cooking water. Add the boiled potatoes and allow them to take on flavour for a few minutes.

Transfer the mixture to a blender and add raw oil. Place the resulting puree on a plate, lay the previously boiled vegetables on top and season with raw oil. To make it crunchy, you can enrich the dish with slices of toasted bread.