How to prepare endives
A very classic recipe, but which can easily fail due to two main errors: too much water in bottom of dish because endives give off a lot, and endives that are too bitter so that children hate it.
Here is a method which avoids these two problems.
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Last modified on: February 14th 2012
For 4 endives, you will need:
- 1 : 5 endives (head of chicory)
- 2 : coarse salt
- 3 : water
- Total weight: 350 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 min. | 5 min. | 3 min. | 26 min. |
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Step by step recipe
| 1 |  | Trim a little from the base of 5 endives (head of chicory), remove and discard any untidy leaves, then wash endives. | 10 min. |
| 2 |  | Boil a large pan of salted water. With a small sharp knife, remove a small cone from the bottom and discard it. The cone size depends on endive size, usually about half an inch is fine. This reduces the endive's bitter taste. Note:If endive are medium or big size, think to cut them in two, from top to bottom, to reduce cooking and blenching time. |
3 min. |
| 3 |  | Put endives in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes... | 3 min. |
| 4 |  | ... then remove them using a skimmer, put into very cold water. You've just blanched endives, and we do that to reduce the bitterness still further. |
5 min. |
| 5 |  | Leave endives in cold water for five minutes, then drain and dry them. The best way is to use a salad spinner, and then leave on a tea-towel. | 5 min. |
Remarks
In this recipe I say "reduce bitterness" because we don't want to suppress it entirely: it's part of the endive taste, its character, that we should keep.
Nutritional information
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How much will it cost?
For 4 endives : 0.42 €
Per endives : 0.11 €
Source: Home made
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This recipe use (among others) | Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Thin endive tart, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Endives , Gratin du Nord, ... All |
 | Coarse salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish in a salt crust, How to cook pasta properly, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Gravlax, How to prepare broccoli, ... All |
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to cook rice in rice-cooker, Quick courgette soup with cheese, Benoîton, Quick chicken curry, Chorba, ... All |
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