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Endive, Boiled

Boiled endive is a simple dish of cooked endive leaves seasoned with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Endive, Boiled

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the endive thoroughly, removing the outer leaves.

  2. Cut the stalks to separate the leaves for easier washing.

Boil and serve

  1. Bring a large saucepan half full of water to a boil and add the salt.

  2. Add the endive to the boiling water and cook for 20 minutes or until tender.

  3. Drain the endive before serving.

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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What each ingredient does

Endive
Forms the main body of the dish, becoming tender as it cooks in boiling water.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the cooking water so the endive takes on flavor as it boils.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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