Chicory; Culinary uses

Add young leaves and flowers to salads, add forced leaves as a winter salad. Braised whole "witloof" chicory wrapped in bacon, and serve with a cheese sauce. The roots of the Magdeburg/Brunswick varieties can be used as a coffee substitute - when ground. See 'Chicory';

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