Wash endive properly
Both endives from the supermarket and from your own garden are mostly contaminated with earth, sand and insects. This is especially true for varieties that tend to have loose leaves. Therefore, the endive salad must be properly washed before processing:
- Pour water into a clean sink or a sufficiently large bowl in which the endive head of lettuce fits completely.
- Hang the lettuce upside down in the bowl or sink.
- Cut out the stalk with a sharp, clean knife. Cut around the stalk towards the endive heart so that you cut out the stalk in the shape of a cone.
- The leaves should now fall apart. Separate the remaining leaves by hand.
- Wash the leaves thoroughly.
- Wait for the sand and earth to settle on the bottom and then get the leaves out of the water.
- Wash the endives a second time if necessary.
also read
- Sow endive in your own garden
- An overview of the endive varieties
- Endive cultivation in your own garden
Dry the endive
While you are taking the leaves out of the water, you can already check them for brown or damaged spots and remove them. Then place the lettuce in a salad spinner, drain the leaves in a colander, or place them on a dry, clean cloth and pat them dry gently.
Cut endive
To cut the endives nicely evenly, place a few leaves on top of each other on a board, pointing in the same direction. Check them again for rotten spots and remove them. Then cut your endive leaves into fine strips.
Process endive
Endive is mostly used fresh in salads. Since they taste a bit bitter, they can be combined well with sweet ingredients such as oranges, mangos or apples.
But endive cannot only be eaten raw. On cooking sites, look for recipes like:
- Endive stew with potatoes
- Fried endive with minced meat
- Creamy endive vegetables
- Endive paprika gorgonzola soup
- Pasta with endive and cream sauce
- Pasta bake with endive and pumpkin
- Mashed potatoes with fried endive
