Endive, or Chicoree
Ingredients
Directions
Sow endive seeds in June or July in drills 14 inches apart.
Thin the plants to 1 foot apart when well up.
Tie the outer leaves together over the center to blanch the heart.
Repeat tying every few days until ready to harvest in about 10 days.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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