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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 14^th 2012

For 4 endives, you will need:

1 5 endives (head of chicory)
2 coarse salt
3 water
Total weight: 350 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
18 min.	5 min.	3 min.	26 min.

Keeping:

Several days in the frifge, in a closed box.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

How to prepare endives : Photo of step #1

Trim a little from the base of 5 endives (head of chicory), remove and discard any untidy leaves, then wash endives.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

How to prepare endives : Photo of step #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.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

How to prepare endives : Photo of step #3

Put endives in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes...

Stage 4 - 5 min.

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... 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.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

How to prepare endives : Photo of step #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.

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

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 endives : 0.42 €
Per endives : 0.11 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made

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