Chicory recipes
Discover the best ways to eat chicory with our seasonal recipes. This winter vegetable, with its beautiful two-tone red/yellow and white leaves, is usually available from January to March.
- Try it raw: Crisp chicory leaves, with their bitter notes, work wonderfully in winter salads and starters, like Rosie Mackean’s brown shrimp, chicory and blood orange salad.
- Cooking chicory mellows out its bitterness and brings out hints of sweetness. Its delicious baked with ham, caramelised in this chicken orzo one-pot or charred for these sophisticated vegetarian crostini canapes.
- Simple dinners and lunches: Chicory’s crisp texture and pronounced flavour make it a hero in winter dishes such as this spelt and mushroom one pot or Vietnamese-style beef salad.
Like chicory? You’ll love radicchio leaves.
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Blood orange recipes
Brown shrimp, chicory and blood orange salad
Crisp chicory leaves are draped in creamy dressing, spiked with blood orange and the briny sweetness of brown shrimp in this starter recipe.
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Gratins
Baked chicory with ham
Chicory wrapped in ham and baked under a cosy blanket of cream, gruyère and parmesan makes a great side for roasts or a veg-led dinner.
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Easy orzo
Chicken and chicory orzo
Combine crispy chicken and orzo with caramelised chicory for an easy midweek dinner you'll return to again and again in the winter months.
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30-minute meals
Lemongrass beef, pear and chicory salad
Thuy Pham's lemongrass beef is inspired by Vietnamese dish bun bo. Juicy steak, peppery leaves, citrus and peanuts equal an incredible salad.
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Crostini
Goat’s cheese and chicory crostini with balsamic pickled shallots
A perfect nibble to have with champagne, these goat's cheese crostini are easy to make ahead so all you have to do – when guests arrive – is assemble them.
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Winter salads
Chargrilled chicory and cabbage salad
A slightly chargrilled chicory and cabbage salad makes a simple and rustic side dish, served with a delightfully sharp dressing for extra flavour.
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Vegan dinners
Spelt, chicory and mushroom one pot
This vegan mushroom one-pot - mixing mushrooms with spelt and a sprinkling of coriander - has so much going on and will soon become a midweek favourite.
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Vegetarian comfort food
Chicory and cheese panade
This meat-free version of panade, a French-style casserole made with bread, is a great way to use up savoury bits and takes comfort food to the next level.
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Rice
Venere nero rice with chicory, tuna and orange cream
Eleonora Galasso's black rice salad, with chicory, tuna and orange, would make a beautiful side as part of an alfresco lunch.
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Winter salads
Warm stuffed chicory salad
Slightly bitter chicory leaves are roasted and served with sweet pears, tasty stuffing and crunchy nuts in this filling Christmas salad recipe.
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Carrots
Chicory, carrot and dill coleslaw
It wouldn't be a proper buffet spread without a crunchy coleslaw to serve alongside ham or cold meats. This recipe is made with chicory, carrot and dill.
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Healthy fish
Salmon tartare with chicory
Michel Roux Jr's salmon tartare makes a light and elegant starter that's perfect for Christmas, New Year's Eve or other special occasions.
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Goat's cheese
Goat’s cheese and red pepper tart with chicory
You can put odds and ends from the fridge into this tart if you like to use things up, for example, try different cheeses, pesto and Mediterranean veg.
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