6 chicory salad italian Recipes

cubed italian bread (about 3 oz), olive oil, nonfat cottage cheese, pepper, salt, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, garlic clove, peeled, tightly packed torn chicory (curly endive), tightly packed torn romaine lettuce, hard-cooked eggs, chopped

extra virgin olive oil plus 1/2 cup, juice of 1/2 lemon, salt and pepper to taste, virgin olive oil, polenta or corn meal, for dredging, freshly ground black pepper, boneless fillets of pompano , or sole or trout, vine-ripened tomato, balsamic vinegar, capers, rinsed and drained, spicy peppers vinaigrette , recipe follows, chicory salad, washed and spun dry, sauteed spicy peppers vinaigrette, recipe courtesy of mario batali, virgin olive oil, red onion, thinly sliced, garlic, whole, italian frying peppers (banana shaped), whole, sweet red bell peppers, cored, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch strips, sweet yellow peppers, cored, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch strips, jalapeno peppers, cored, seeded and julienned, balsamic vinegar, chopped fresh marjoram leaves, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper to taste

torn frisee (french or italian curly chicory, available at specialty produce markets), rinsed and spun dry, head of radicchio (about 3/4 lb), separated into leaves, rinsed , spun dry, and shredded (about 6 cups), asian pears (available at specialty produce markets), cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces, white-wine vinegar, dijon-style mustard, hazelnut oil or walnut oil (available at specialty foods shops), olive oil, hazelnuts, toasted and skinned (procedure follows) and chopped

red wine vinegar, garlic cloves, lightly crushed and quartered, fresh oregano leaves (from 3 or 4 small sprigs or 1 or 2 large sprigs), fresh thyme leaves (from 3 or 4 small sprigs or 1 or 2 large sprigs), fresh parsley leaves (from 3 or 4 small sprigs or 1 or 2 large sprigs), salt, ground black pepper, extra-virgin olive oil, mixed greens (organic mesclun mixture such as mache , arugula, chicory) soaked and dried in a salad spinner, tomatoes, cut into wedges, english cucumbers, peeled and sliced, carrots, peeled and sliced into rounds