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Sauteed Chicory

5 from 3 votes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
 

Basic sauté mix

  • Espelette pepper
  • Black salt
  • Mace
  • Chilli flakes
  • 1 tablespoon Smoked olive oil
  • 200 ml. Olive oil
  • 50 g Butter
  • 2 piece Oranges
  • 3 teaspoon Maple syrup

Instructions
 

  • Divide the chicory into individual leaves and rinse off briefly. Swirl dry in a kitchen towel. Then place in a pan or on a plate. Sprinkle with the listed spices and sauté briefly with a tablespoon of smoked olive oil. Take out and place on a paper towel.
  • Peel oranges and heat in olive oil and butter. Let it simmer slowly. Then strain and collect the resulting orange oil in a second saucepan. Bring to the boil very briefly and then immediately remove from the stove. Now add the chicory leaves and let them steep for about 10 minutes without adding any additional heat.

Options for serving as a side dish

  • Steak, shrimp, pork tenderloin and duck go perfectly with this. Simply fry in a pan and place on the sautéed chicory leaves with e.g. Serve roasted walnuts and orange fillets that are caramelized and then deglazed with a good balsamic vinegar.
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    Written by John Myers

    Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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