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Select  Fresh, clean, crisp and cold greens. Store only briefly in plastic bags in refrigerator. Varying availability.

To Prepare for Cooking and Serving Trim and parboil for braising and baking. Trim and crisp for salads ( serve raw as lettuce).

Serve Hot, as a vegetable with meat. poultry or fish; or as a separate vegetable course.

Cold, raw, in salads. Cold stuffed Belgian endive is also used as an appetizer.

Approximate Cooking Times

 Market Forms  Cooking Forms  Parboil Minutes Braising Minutes   Baking Minutes
 Fresh  chicory  6-8  before braising  before baking
   escarole  6-8  25-30  30

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