Since the veggie of the week is endive, I thought I'd write down a recipe for endive, so here we go:
Ingredients:
- (Broad-leafed) Endive
Directions
As soon as the endive is dropped into your cage, it is important to start slicing and dicing right away since endive is at it's best while it is still crunchy. Endive is always a tasty veggie, but at it's best when fresh.
Eat whatever is left after you're done slicing and dicing.
Enjoy!
Yaya
The Leftovers
A crop of endive is kinda big, so it is okay to share a bit with your humans for the following traditional Dutch recipe:
Andijvie Stamppot
(endive 'mash pot')
Ingredients (serves 4 humans)
- 400 gr. broad-leafed endive
- 1200 gr. potatoes (preferably floury)
- 80 gr. butter
- 4 cups of water (500 ml)
- pepper, salt and nutmeg
- warm milk
- Rookworst (Dutch smoked sausage)
- mustard
Variation tip: stir little pieces of bacon and Dutch cheese into the stamppot. My human likes old dutch cheese, but it has a strong taste so if you're not sure a young dutch cheese might be better.
Directions
Put the potatoes into the water and boil them until they are soft (about 30 minutes). Cut up the endive into small strips. Boil the rookworst. Drain the water from the potatoes. Mash the potatoes with a bit of warm milk, butter, a pinch of salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir in the raw endive and serve with the rookworst and a bit of mustard.
For the non-dutchies: rookworst and dutch cheese (e.g. Old Amsterdam)