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macco/maccu

broad bean soup

In Sicily, macco is a thick, vegetarian soup, generally prepared with broad beans and flavoured with finocchietto (wild fennel), sometimes fancied up with ricotta and bottarga.

In Puglia, maccu is the same as 'ncapriata.

Puglia

Sicily

Soups & Stews (Minestra)

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