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.
Here is a method which avoids these two problems.
302,9873.6/5 for 163 ratings
Grade this recipe: 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?
Time required for this recipe:
Keeping: Several days in the frifge, in a closed box.
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 min. | 5 min. | 3 min. | 26 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
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.
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.
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.
Put endives in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes...
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 70 Kcal or 293 Kj | 4 gr | 14 gr | 0 gr |
| 4 % | 1 % | 1 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 20 Kcal or 84 Kj | 1 gr | 4 gr | 0 gr |
| 1 % | <1 % | <1 % | 0 % |
| Per endives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 18 Kcal or 75 Kj | 1 gr | 4 gr | 0 gr |
| 1 % | <1 % | <1 % | 0 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 endives : 0.42 €
- Per endives : 0.11 €
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Endive and beer soup, Endives "bonne femme", Individual creamy endive gratins, Endives , Comtoise endive salad, ... All |
| Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quince and apple compote, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Caramel rice pudding, Stewed plums, ... All |
| Coarse salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Foie gras cured in salt, Salmon marinated like herring, Stock-pot fish , Potted meat (rillettes), Mackerel rillettes, ... All |
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