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Rainbow Swiss Chard
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Seasons/Availability
Curley Endive is available year-round but its peak season is from May to November.
Description/Taste
Curly endive grows in loose heads of narrow, lacey, outer leaves with curling green-rimmed tips. Inside the head is a compact heart of off-white leaves. The outer, darker leaves have a distinctive, slightly bitter flavor that is less pronounced in the lighter, inner leaves.
Nutritional Value
Curly endive is high in folate, fiber, and vitamins A and K, making it especially nutritious for pregnant women.
Applications
Curly endive is a bitter, chicory green that can add texture and flavor to a number of dishes. Add chopped curly endive to vegetable or bean soups and cook until just wilted. Saute curly endive and add to mashed potatoes or mashed root vegetables. Chop endive and toss with sliced nectarines and walnuts or chopped watercress topped with croutons. Curly endive keeps refrigerated for one to two weeks.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Endive, escarole, and chicory are believed to have been included in the bitter herbs that were consumed by the Israelites during Passover, before their exodus from Egypt.
Geography/History
Curly endive is a member of the chicory family of greens. Curly endive can mistakenly be referred to as chicory, loose-leaf chicory, chicory endive, curly chicory, frisée, and frise. This is because the term "chicory" in the U.S. or France refers to what the British call endive and endive in Britain turns into chicory in France and America.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Curly Endive. One
is easiest, three is harder.
Curley Endive is available year-round but its peak season is from May to November.
Description/Taste
Curly endive grows in loose heads of narrow, lacey, outer leaves with curling green-rimmed tips. Inside the head is a compact heart of off-white leaves. The outer, darker leaves have a distinctive, slightly bitter flavor that is less pronounced in the lighter, inner leaves.
Nutritional Value
Curly endive is high in folate, fiber, and vitamins A and K, making it especially nutritious for pregnant women.
Applications
Curly endive is a bitter, chicory green that can add texture and flavor to a number of dishes. Add chopped curly endive to vegetable or bean soups and cook until just wilted. Saute curly endive and add to mashed potatoes or mashed root vegetables. Chop endive and toss with sliced nectarines and walnuts or chopped watercress topped with croutons. Curly endive keeps refrigerated for one to two weeks.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Endive, escarole, and chicory are believed to have been included in the bitter herbs that were consumed by the Israelites during Passover, before their exodus from Egypt.
Geography/History
Curly endive is a member of the chicory family of greens. Curly endive can mistakenly be referred to as chicory, loose-leaf chicory, chicory endive, curly chicory, frisée, and frise. This is because the term "chicory" in the U.S. or France refers to what the British call endive and endive in Britain turns into chicory in France and America.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Isola Pizza Bar | San Diego CA | 619-255-4230 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Curly Endive. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Kayotic Kitchen |
|
Curly Endive Mash |
| Serious Eats |
|
Watercress & Curly Endive Salad with Croutons |
| 自由主妇 |
|
苦苣沾酱 |
| Junglefrog Cooking |
|
Endive Salad with Nectarines, Seeds, and Haloumi |
