Puntarelle
Vegetables
Refrigerator
Puntarelle is a vegetable in the chicory family, like chicory and radicchio. The head is quite large. Puntarelle has white stems and elongated, thin leaves. The shoots have a nutty, pleasantly bitter flavour. The flavour is between chicory, endive and fennel.
Preparation & storage
The outer leaves are the most bitter. These are best removed before use or saved for a hot dish.
From the inner shoots, remove the hard parts at the bottom. Cut the shoots lengthwise into thin strips. Wash the vegetables before preparation.
Want to process them raw? Then here's a nice tip: cut the white stalks into strips 2 - 3 mm thick. Place these in ice-cold water for a few hours; this way they curl up very nicely, become juicier and lose some of their bitterness. Then dry the puntarelle in a salad spinner or pat dry with kitchen paper or a clean tea towel.
Information
Cultivation and season
Tip
Puntarelle taste
Availability
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