Made a New Year's Resolution to eat more green leafy vegetables. Been doing pretty good too! It's September and this is, I confess, the only resolution I have managed to keep. However, there is one green leafy vegetable I have yet to try. So I collected some recipes.
Escarole a.k.a. common chicory, broad chicory, or Batavian endive, is a vegetable that I recently discovered can be cooked in a variety of delicious recipes. Here is my collection.
How about you? Are you an escarole lover? If you have more please feel free to share in the comments.
Here is my recipe collection.
: Escarole and Bell Peppers With Olive Oil
- By MARK BITTMAN
New York Times Diner’s Journal
”This classic braised escarole dish, which uses a series of techniques that can be applied to almost any green vegetable, relies on a hefty amount of garlic and olive oil, which are added both at the beginning and at the end of cooking, the final additions to freshen and intensify flavors.”
: Smoky Paprika Chicken and Crispy Chickpeas Over Escarole Salad Recipe
- By: Jodie Kautzmann: “The contrast between cool, lemony greens, warm spice-rubbed chicken, and crispy oven-baked chickpeas makes this main-course salad especially satisfying.”
: Fettuccine with Pancetta, Brie, Escarole and Pine Nut Bread Crumbs
- “saw a recipe at foodandwine.com … started out planning to make the recipe as written … ended up with adding goat’s cheese and a crunchy Italian breadcrumb and pine nut topping.”
: Escarole Sausage Soup
- “I’m a fan of escarole. It’s a crunchy green with a bit more heft than lettuce, and it makes a great salad: on it’s own simply dressed or tossed with 10 other things to make a grand main course salad. In my heart though I’m a cooked greens fan, always. I like escarole cooked up with garlic in my Standard Cooked Greens Recipe: garlic oil heat cleaned cooking green: apply together and you have a great side dish or taco stuffing.” –Julia
: Escarole Siciliano
- By: Tammy
“This lemony salad is served hot from the wok. Escarole is a bitter green, but can be less so when grown shielded from the sun. In general, lighter green leaves indicate a milder flavor. Thinly sliced tomatoes are a great accompaniment. This recipe can be doubled. For a larger party, cook in batches.”
* * * So many fabulous ways to enjoy this vegetable. * * *
