Next Mother

Next Mother's Day (08/05/2011) with my beautiful family gather for a special lunch. So my lovely cousin Kaka suggested a menu worthy of such people for this celebration. Entry chosen for this special menu was: Endive stuffed tamarind seed removal machine with Gorgonzola! Uhmmmm ... delight ..... ihih xixixixi, but I wonder what these are such endives? Fieta interrogation by my husband, who does not understand scrunchies cooking!! But as I imagine this curiosity to know what belongs endives are also those who like to cook and enjoy beautiful preparations, I decided to write and answer questions about this food.
The endive or chicory (endive Cichorium L.) belongs to the Asteraceae family and is indigenous to India. Was used in the food like salad since the early days of Egypt and was also known to the Greeks and Romans. Appeared in England in 1548 and was mentioned in a seed catalog in the United States in 1806, although tamarind seed removal machine it was introduced before that date. There are two groups of varieties according to the shape of its leaves: Cichorium endive var. Crispa that has deeply divided leaves and gnarled, with toothed edges and endive Cichorium var. Latifolia sheets having large, smooth and jagged edges only. The latter is also referred tamarind seed removal machine to as endive (or chicory) and appears to be older than the narrow leaves and divided.
Chicory (Cichorium endive L.), along with lettuce, cabbage, arugula and cabbage-leaf are the main leafy vegetables. Can be consumed or braised in the traditional way as a salad, that regardless of the form of consumption is in a food rich in vitamins (A and K) and folate.
Chicory, including both flat or curly leaf, is produced in small quantities in many countries, especially in Europe and North America. tamarind seed removal machine The main producers are Italy, France, Spain, United States and the Netherlands. In Brazil, the average marketing chicory in the period 1995-99, the General Supply Center of São Paulo was 45805 crates, with average price of R $ 5.01 / crate, surpassed only by the lettuce between hardwoods with trading volume of 25,000 tons per year.
The era of higher prices achieved in the Company of General Warehouses of São Paulo (CEAGESP) on chicory occurs between November to April, during which the temperature rise and increase in rainfall hampering development of leafy vegetables with a consequent reduction in supply and rising prices.
In Brazil the chicory is planted in consortium with lettuce. Today the chicory has an area four times lower than that of lettuce. It is the botanical species Cichorium endive L. (Also known as chicory or endive).
The bleaching chicory is made 10 to 15 days before harvest by covering the plant with a cone banding or its closure with an elastic reduces the bitter taste of the leaves. The more white leaves, reduced photosynthesis and chlorophyll production and reduced bitterness.
What is a radicchio tamarind seed removal machine chicory head. Presents different colors: yellow, green, purple, white, variegated. The Catalonha Chicory is a type rosette with elongated leaves and divided. Already chicory is chicory with whole leaves.
The endive is the sprouting of a tuberous root, conducted in a dark environment. Has a first stage (100 to 150 days) which is the vegetative stage of production, in which plant vegetation and accumulates in the root stocks, which is torn off. And a second step (20 to 30 days) production etiolated shoot a temperature of 10 to 20 C. The entire process lasts six months. The botanical species is Cichorium intybus var. foliosum. Europeans torravam the root of the endive and made coffee in the absence of Coffea arabica.
Wash the endive leaves tamarind seed removal machine and dry them with paper towels. In a bowl, mix the ricotta with NESTLÉ Creamy Cream Cheese and MAGGI Fondor. Put a spoon (soup) of ricotta cream in center of each leaf. Sprinkle sesame and pomegranate seeds and serve.
The pomegranate is a fruit very ancient symbolic for many people. The Greeks dedicated to pomegranate to Aphrodite, goddess of love, while Jews use the fruit in the New Year ritual. In Brazil, the pomegranate symbolizes abundance and fertility.
Features of the recipe: Makes 10 servings. Preparation time is 15 minutes. It can be served as input. Type of dish: vegetables. Low cost. Endive salad with salmon recipe suggested on the site of the Globe, available in <http://eptv.globo.com/caminhosdaroca/REC,0,1,330600,Salada+de+endivias+com+salmao.aspx>.
Ingredients 2 Endive