Name: Oven-Braised chicory
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2 heads of chicory; 1 garlic clove; Juice of ½ lemon; 150 ml chicken or vegetable stock; 4 sprigs of thyme

Oven-Braised chicory

24 Jul 2017

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

35 minutes

Total Time

40 minutes

Background

Chicory is one of those vegetables we don’t know what to do with. In fact it’s a very versatile vegetable - can be eaten raw in salads or cooked; it’s healthy and low calorie and it has a nutty flavour complementing many dishes. One of simplest way to cook it is to put it in the oven, particularly when you’re roasting a joint. This Oven-Braised chicory is super easy to prepare and it goes superbly with lamb, poultry or fish.

Ingredients

2 heads of chicory
1 garlic clove
Juice of ½ lemon
150 ml chicken or vegetable stock
4 sprigs of thyme

Instructions

Heat the oven to 180°C. Remove any brown or damaged leaves from the chicory, but do not cut off the root!
Cut each head in half lengthways and put them in a baking tin. Pour over the stock and litre lemon juice, then put the lemon in the tin. Add the garlic too. Scatter the thyme leaves all over the chicory, then put a tiny knob of butter or dairy-free spread on each halves and season with pepper.
Cover the tin with foil, then put it in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
Take the foil off and put the tin back in the oven, on the upper shelf and bake for 5-10 more minutes, until the chicory is golden and tender.
Roast for 15 minutes until the chicory begins to soften, then turn them over and cook for a further 10 minutes or until the chicory is tender and golden.
Serve warm.