So easy you can gratinate chicory. A vegetarian recipe from the oven.
Chicory is soooo delicious. Don't let the bitter substances scare you off. They are mega healthy for your intestines, liver and gall bladder.
The bitter substances in chicory stimulate the liver and bile. This promotes digestion.
Let's chicory au gratin vegetarian with parmesan cheese, delicious pieces of nuts and pumpkin seeds.
But before we start to gratinate the chicory, we have to prepare the salad.
To do this, clean the chicory. Wash it and remove the outer leaves. Halve the vegetable lengthwise and cut out the bitter stalk with a knife.
But be careful not to cut off too much of the ends. Because then the chicory will fall apart.
And already the lettuce halves are ready to be processed further. Here comes a delicious vegetarian recipe for baked chicory.
Chicory au gratin vegetarian
Ingredients
- 4 Piece Chicory
- 1/2 Lemon
- 50 ml Vegetable broth
- 1 Pinch Salt and pepper
- 2 EL Walnut kernels
- 2 EL Pumpkin seeds
- 4 EL Parmesan
- 1 Stem Parsley
- 1 Branch Rosemary
- 2 EL Olive oil
- 1 EL grated Emmental
Anleitung
- Put the chicory halves in a pot. Mix lemon juice, vegetable broth, salt and pepper together. Put it in the saucepan.
- Cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the nuts and pumpkin seeds. Grate the cheese.
- Chop the parsley. Mix nuts, pumpkin seeds, parsley, parmesan in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Fold in the olive oil.
- Remove the lettuce halves from the pot and place them cut-side down in a baking dish. Pour the soup broth over them.
- Now the chicory is baked. For this, spread the Parmesan nut mixture on the lettuce. Put it in the oven. At 180° the chicory needs 6 minutes until it is golden brown.
- One minute before the end, sprinkle grated Emmental over the salad. When the cheese has melted, your gratinated chicory is ready.
Notes
- 9.6 g carbohydrates
- 14 g protein
- 28,1 g fat
Nährwerte
Parsley potatoes and a crisp salad go well with this. Or you can omit the potatoes and save on carbohydrates.
Why chicory au gratin is healthier than a casserole
Yes, I know: chicory is bitter. And that doesn't taste very good to most people. But give yourself a break - for the sake of your stomach and intestines. They love the bitter substances.
The advantage of overbaking chicory is that you take away some of the bitterness by blanching it. However, many of them remain. Nevertheless, it no longer tastes as intense.
The salad is steamed briefly and baked in the oven.
It is precisely this mix that makes the recipe for vegetarian gratinated chicory so healthy.
In a conventional casserole, the bitters are cooked to death unbaked. Too bad about the superfood, which is then only labbrig.
What makes chicory healthy
Chicory is one of the prebiotic foods. Our intestines particularly love this. Because prebiotics provide food for the good bacteria in the intestine.
This allows the good bacteria to multiply and displace the bad ones. And that leads to an intestinal flora that comes back into balance.
When you buy prebiotic supplements, they usually contain the ingredients from chicory. So why not bake the chicory and enjoy a delicious lunch?
Our tip: You can also benefit from the positive properties through chicory coffee.
Chicory is a good source of folic acid, beta-carotene and fiber. But you can also find potassium in winter vegetables.
With just 13 calories per 100 grams, chicory is very low in calories.
By the way, the salad gets its typical taste from the bitter substance lactucopicrin. This substance supports digestion and has an analgesic and blood sugar lowering effect.
Our conclusion
Chicory is very healthy. Our intestines love the pale leaves of lettuce. For those who find the vegetable too bitter like this, chicory can be baked vegetarian with nuts and parmesan.
Meal!
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