Chicory In Olive Oil
Chicory In Olive Oil

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Chicory has a subtle bitter flavour which is caramelised with brown sugar and vinegar in this quick and easy recipe. Serve with a family roast dinner or with a chargrilled steak. Add the chicory with more olive oil, lemon juice and salt, then scatter the breadcrumbs over the top of each plate to serve.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicory in olive oil using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicory In Olive Oil:
  1. Take 1 kg chicory
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup olive oil
  3. Prepare 4 medium onions, peeled and thinly sliced
  4. Make ready salt
  5. Prepare lemon slices

Also known as Belgian endive, this elegant vegetable, with its refreshingly bitter tang, is grown in darkness to ensure that it remains white and crisp. Chicory is a perennial, but usually grown as an annual. You can quarter them (leave the stem so they don't fall apart), dip in egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in olive oil. Chicory root contain inulin which feed the beneficial bacteria of the large intestine and these produce many beneficial substances, including short-chain fatty acids and certain B vitamins.

Instructions to make Chicory In Olive Oil:
  1. Trim off the stems of the chicory, wash the leaves and chop them.
  2. Boil some water in a pan, add the chicory leaves to it and leave them for 5 – 10 minutes until soft. Then, remove, drain and squeeze them if necessary to take out the excess water.
  3. In a pan, fry the onions in ¼ cup oil until they turn golden brown. Remove half of them and keep aside for garnish.
  4. Add in the chicory leaves to the pan and fry for a few minutes. Then add the rest of the olive oil, flavor with salt and cook for a few more minutes.
  5. Remove the chicory and onion mix onto a serving platter and decorate with the rest of the onions on top and the lemon slices on the side.
  6. Serve cold or hot.

Liver should be cooked in olive oil until it is light pink as cooking too much can cause it to toughen. The Italian chicory called radicchio comes in many guises. The round-headed radicchio di Chioggia is the most commonly known here, but the others, like the elongated Treviso and the curly fingered Tardivo are increasingly available. To me, chicory - with its crunchy texture and beautiful bittersweet taste - is one of the best winter salad leaves: white and red make a most striking combination. Add the warm water and wine vinegar and whisk until smooth, then gradually whisk in the olive oil.

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