Endives "bonne femme"
A one-pot endive dish with potatoes, onion and bacon.
[Translator's note: the French "bonne femme" style is good, straightforward home cooking (whether the cook is a man or a woman!).
[Translator's note: the French "bonne femme" style is good, straightforward home cooking (whether the cook is a man or a woman!).
86K 30 4.2
Last modified on: May 12th 2013
Keywords for this recipe:EndiveChicoryPotatoesOnionsBaconFrench traditional
300 g 
500 g 
4 tablespoons 
200 g 
700 g endives (head of chicory)
½ 
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 38 min. | 45 min. | 1 hour 23 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Peel 500 g potatoes and slice, then rinse and dry.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan or casserole on medium heat.
When hot, add 200 g small pieces of smoked bacon and cook for 2 or 3 minutes while stirring.
When hot, add 200 g small pieces of smoked bacon and cook for 2 or 3 minutes while stirring.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Add the chopped onion, salt and pepper and stir well. Cook for 1 or 2 minutes without colouring.
Stage 5 - 30 min.
Add the sliced potatoes, salt and pepper again and stir well.
Cover and leave to cook for about 30 minutes.
Cover and leave to cook for about 30 minutes.
Stage 6 - 10 min.
Meanwhile, prepare 700 g endives (head of chicory) but do not blanch, then cut into pieces.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Add the endives to the pan, add the juice of ½ lemon and stir well.
Cover and cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
Cover and cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Remove the lid and check if the potatoes are cooked. They should be soft. If not, leave to finish cooking without the lid.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Serve piping hot, either on individual plates or straight from the pan in the middle of the table.
Remarks
As with any cunningly modest recipe like this one, the proportions are very approximate, so you can adapt it to suit yourself.
I love to eat this with a drizzle of vinegar over it, but that's a matter of personal taste.
I love to eat this with a drizzle of vinegar over it, but that's a matter of personal taste.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,406 Kcal or 10,073 Kj | 40 gr | 156 gr | 181 gr |
| 120 % | 15 % | 15 % | 27 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 132 Kcal or 553 Kj | 2 gr | 9 gr | 10 gr |
| 7 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 602 Kcal or 2,520 Kj | 10 gr | 39 gr | 45 gr |
| 30 % | 4 % | 4 % | 7 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Thin endive tart, Endive and beer soup, Flamiche, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Gratin du Nord, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Boulangère potatoes, Big knife-cut chips (French fries) , Super-green, super-thrifty soup, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, ... All |
 | Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Veal Marengo, Chicken and mushroom brik rolls, Vol-au-vent, Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), ... All |
 | Small pieces of smoked bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Veal Marengo, Montbenoit's canapés, Comtoise endive salad, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Salad paysanne, ... All |
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