Description
Organic Chicory: Pain De Sucre (Sugar Loaf). Cichorium intybus.
A sugar loaf type of chicory which has a sweeter taste than some other chicorys. A good alternative to lettuce and slightly frost hardy.
How to grow:
Sow seeds thinly into well prepared soil May to September, or later in a polytunnel. Harvest individual leaves when small, or allow to grow till it gets a heart.
Problem solving:
Keep slugs off when young. Grow in full sunshine.
Favourite ways to eat them:
Blanching, (sit it for a couple of minutes in boiling salted water) and then frying lightly with oil and garlic is pretty scrummy. Also great for crunchy salads in autumn and early winter.
Cultural history:
Native in Europe, a member of the dandlion family, it’s roots used as a coffee substitute.
Avg contents: 500 seeds.
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