frisee
Bitter salad green
Frisée is a variety of curly endive with pale, feathery leaves and a slightly bitter taste.
It appears most often in salads, where its frilly texture catches dressing well: a frisée salad with lardons and a poached egg.
The name comes from French, meaning curled or curly.
Roasted root coffee alternative
- curlyHaving spiral locks
- blanchedMade white by heat
- paleLacking color intensity
- heartCirculatory system's pump
bitter · rosette · cultivar · escarole · forced · Belgian · leafy · crisp
Mixed young salad leaves
- lardonsDiced cured pork fat
- poached eggShell-free, water-cooked ovum
- bistroInformal small restaurant
- vinaigretteOil-and-sour sauce
bacon · shallot · Dijon · croutons · composed · tossed · bitter greens · arugula
chicory
Roasted root coffee alternative
heart · bitter · rosette · cultivar · escarole · forced · Belgian · leafy · crisp · tender
mesclun
Mixed young salad leaves
- lardonsDiced cured pork fat
- poached eggShell-free, water-cooked ovum
- bistroInformal small restaurant
vinaigrette · bacon · shallot · Dijon · croutons · composed · tossed · bitter greens · arugula · radicchio
garnish
Decorative food topping
- chiffonadeThin-sliced leaf ribbons
- wiltedLimp from dehydration
- sauteedFried quickly in fat
bed · plating · microgreens · texture · contrast · bitter · delicate · raw · fresh · finishing
- vegetablesbroccoli, carrots, carrot, potato, cucumber
- greensspinach, kale, lettuce, arugula, chard
- leafy greensspinach, kale, curly kale, collard greens, lettuce
- salad greensromaine, lettuce, iceberg, arugula, baby arugula
- salad ingredientslettuce, romaine, spinach, cucumber, tomato
- Bitter Plantsbitter melon, bitter orange, wormwood, gentian, hops
friseeiceberg
Floating glacial fragment
iceberg lettuce · romaine · butter lettuce · Boston lettuce · cabbage