A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.
Curly endive is a frilly, fine salad leaf with a slightly bitter taste, also known as frisee. Endive is also the French word for “witlof”, a smooth oval leafy vegetable that is usually served cooked.
widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
Closely related to and often confused with chicory, endive comes in two main varieties - Belgian and curly. Belgian endive is creamy white and oblong with pale yellow tips; it's grown completely in the dark to prevent it from turning green. Curly endive has prickly dark green leaves and a pleasantly bitter flavor.
(EN-dyv) - Also known as Belgaina endive, French endive, and witloof chicory. Endive is the blanched shoots of the chicory root. To produce blanched (white) shoot, the roots are dug up and stored in a cool, darkened location or in forcing beds, when they are covered with sand. They are harvested when they are 4 to 6 inches long and about 1 1/2 inches wide. It can be eaten raw as a salad green or braised in butter or cream sauce as a side dish.
One of three types of plants: Belgian endive, which is grown without light to produce white leaves, curly endive with curled, lacy leaves, and escarole. Escarole is the mildest, the other varieties being bitter.
A plant (Cichorium endivia) with curly dark green leaves and a slightly bitter flavor; also know as curly endive and imprecisely known as chicory (especially in France and United States).
A variety of chicory that is used in salads. Also called escarole.
salad green with silky white leaves that is sometimes sold as escarole. It is botanically related to chicory.
Wash leaves thoroughly, shake to remove excess moisture, and gather leaves together and tie. Place tied head in a plastic bag. Disgard outer leaves as they wilt but inner leaves will still be good and crisp. 2 to 3 weeks
This salad green is related to the chicory. Belgian endives are grown in darkness and never turn green. Curly endive has curly leaves and a slightly biter taste. Escarole is the mildest variety of endive.
Belgian endive; also chicory salad green.
Endive (Cichorium endivia) is variation of the winter leaf vegetable chicory which can be cooked or used in salads, created by growing chicory (or certain similar breeds) until its foliage sprouts, then cutting off the leaves and placing the still-living stem and root in a dark place. They grow a second bud, but without the sunlight it is white and lacks the bitterness of the normal chicory bud.
