Broadleaf Batavian Endive (Escarole)
Description
Broadleaf Batavian Endive (Escarole)
Cichorium endiva
85 days — The leaves are lettuce-like, large, broad, and reach twelve to sixteen inches tall. Broad leaf endive varieties, or escarole, tend to be less bitter than the curly leaf endive varieties. It can be eaten like other greens either fresh as part of a green salad, or sautéed or chopped and added into soups and stews or tossed with bacon or croutons under a hot salad dressing.This variety grows in a rosette form around a center that can be blanched to increase sweetness and reduce the bitterness. Sow Broadleaf Batavian escarole seeds and bundle the tips of the outer leaves with an elastic band to cut off sunlight from the center. Or fix a plastic disc in place over the center of each plant.
An old variety dating back to the 1860s
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