How To Easily Make Braised Chicory In Only Ten Steps

Braised chicory (for four servings) :

Prepation : 5 minutes

Cooking : 60 minutes

Ingredients

• 1kg chicory
• 25g butter
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 3 garlic cloves
• Salt
• Pepper
• Ground nutmeg
• Water

Steps

• Remove the limp leaves from the chicory, cut the lower part and remove the bitter one. Slightly incise crosswise the chicory, it will help to get a more homogeneous cooking.
• Rinse the chicory in cold water and chop garlic.
• Melt butter in a large frying pan and add the chicory with the lower parts towards the center of the frying pan.
• Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes on each side.
• When done, add salt, pepper and ground nutmeg.
• Sprinkle with chopped garlic, pour 10cl water and pull the lid back to cover.
• Cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
• Pull the lid off. If the juice is almost gone, pour 5cl more water.
• Let simmer for 20 minutes more while stirring from time to time.
• When the juice is almost gone, add sugar and let caramelize for a few minutes on each side, done !

Personal tips

If you want some cooking juice on your braised chicory, you can pour 5 to 10cl more water at the end of the cooking. A leg of lamb will go very well with your braised chicory.