Frisee
Estimated Inventory, head : 0
Description/Taste
Frisee is bright to light green at its leaf tips, fading to a pale yellow to white at its core. The lacy green leaves offer a slightly bitter flavor and tender succulent texture. The white to yellow center has a subtle crunch and offers a much milder flavor than the leaf tips. The gradient coloring is a result of a common growing process used in chicory and endive production where greens are shielded from light for a period of time during growth.
Seasons/Availability
Frisee is avialable year-round.
Current Facts
A curly form of true endive, Frisee is botanically known as Cichorium endivia. Like other varieties of endive, Frisee is a member of the Asteraceae, Composite or Daisy family and part of the Cichorium genus. Although the leafy vegetable known as Belgian endive is related to true endives such as Frisee, it is in actuality botanically classified as Chichorium intybus and is grown from chicory roots in a dark environment. While true curly endive is botanically known as Cichorium endive and grown in the fields as a green curly lettuce. In the United States Frisee is also marketed under the name Curly endive and in France as chicorée Frisée.
