Belgian Endive (Witloof)

Aha! That’s Why It’s Sometimes More Bitter

BELGIAN ENDIVE, BITTER WITH a crunch and subtly sweet, is good either in salad or cooked, which is a thorough transformation. Along with frisée and escarole (Batavia), which confusingly is sometimes also called endive, Belgian endive is one of the chicories. Endive, the blanched kind, is witloof, “white leaf,” in Flemish and in French endive and chicon …