Why oh why did it take me so long to try escarole? Back in Feburary of 2007 I wrote about escarole for BlogHer and brought some home, with good intentions of using it in a soup like this. I'm not sure why, but I never managed to cook that escarole, and it's taken me all this while to buy it again. This is the soup I planned to make nearly a year ago, one of those classic soups of beans, sausage, and escarole, and what a great combination! It only took one spoonful for me to realize I absolutely adore escarole, with its unique flavor that's subtly different from any other green I've tried.
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