More chicory recipes

Chicory is available throughout the winter months. Choose chicory with crisp, fresh-looking leaves that are springy to the touch and tightly packed; there should be no sign of insect damage.

Once picked and exposed to light, chicory leaves start to become more bitter, so they should be stored wrapped in paper to keep out the light and eaten as soon after picking as possible.

Chicory works best in composed salads rather than tossed with other, softer leaves. Raw chicory leaves are excellent eaten fresh, drizzled with a little vinaigrette, or stir-fried and served as a vegetable side dish. Whole heads of chicory can be baked, poached or griddled. Chicory is particularly good wrapped in ham, covered with a Béchamel sauce and baked in the oven.

More chicory recipes

Goats' cheese spring tart with roasted fig and chicory salad

Pommes noisettes, whipped goats' cheese and chicory salad

Beef ribs with barbecue sauce, macaroni cheese and beetroot slaw

Chicken kyiv with a gruyère fondue

Whole baked sea bass

T-bone steak with Caesar summer salad

Spiced lamb breast with winter salad

Swiss fondue with accompaniments

Mafalda carbonara with shaved fennel salad, lemon and bottarga

Cobb salad

Harissa barbecued lamb with charred greens

Braised wild rabbit winter salad

Mushroom, chestnut and jamón ibérico wellingtons

Roquefort salad with pears, chicory and walnut oil

Seaweed bread bruschetta

Cauliflower mousse with apple compote, pickles and parsnip crisps

Blood orange and burrata salad

Roast pork with watercress, sweet and sour apples and chicory

Chicory gratin

Crab salad with deep-fried crab 'bon bons' and smoked bacon aioli

Anchovy elixir

Roasted ray with brown shrimps, confit fennel and pickled chicory

Scallops, celeriac purée, black pudding, red chicory and anchovy salad

Mackerel with rhubarb chutney and orange and chicory salad

Buyer's guide

Storage

Preparation

Varieties of chicory

Radicchio

Other leaf vegetable

Chard

Cress

Kale

Lettuce

Rocket

Spinach

Spring greens

Swiss chard

Watercress

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