Endive is a member of the chicory family, which includes radicchio, escarole, frisee and curly endive. It has a crisp texture and a sweet, nutty flavor with a pleasantly mild bitterness — great served raw or cooked.

So Special…It’s Grown Twice

Endive is one of the most difficult vegetables in the world to grow, requiring a two-step growing process before it is ready to be enjoyed. The first growth takes about 150 days in the field, where the chicory grows from seed into a leafy green plant with a deep tap root. At harvest, tops of the leafy chicory plant are cut off, the roots dug up, and then placed in cold storage where they enter a dormancy period. As demand necessitates, roots are removed from cold storage for their second growth, which takes 28 days in dark, cool, humid forcing rooms, similar to a mushroom growing facility. The control over the initiation of this second growing process allows for the year-round production of endive.

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營養成分

有機菊苣富含葉酸、鉀、維生素A、泛酸、維生素Ｃ、鋅、鐵、銅和鈣。

功效

可抑制中老年人的免疫功能減退，從而增強對有害環境和傳染病的抵抗力。具有清熱解毒，利尿消腫，用於清肝利膽健胃等功效。

儲存

有機菊苣將其放在一個透氣袋里或用濕布包起來，能保存1週。不要密封儲存，否則菊苣很容易腐爛。在冷藏前，應盡可能使其乾燥。枯萎的菊苣可以放入冷水里。

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