Escarole is a favorite green in many Italian families. Some of the more popular ways to prepare escarole are in soup,with beans,and as a simple salad. The escarole in our garden has been ready for a few weeks now and we have been enjoying it to the fullest! One of my favorite ways to prepare escarole is cooked with bread.
Here’s what you need:
- Fresh escarole
- Extra virgin olive oil
- garlic
- day old bread or stuffing bread
- salt and pepper
Here’s what you need to do:
Add a few tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil to a pot with some chopped garlic and let it simmer for a few minutes. Wash your escarole and chop it into pieces,then add it to your pot making sure the escarole is still wet as the water will help steam the escarole. Cover and stir occasionally until your escarole becomes tender,then add your bread or stuffing bread,salt and pepper (crushed red pepper if you like) and let it simmer for several minutes until the bread becomes soft. Simple and delicious! Drizzle a little fresh olive oil on top if you like. It makes a great side dish or main course with some fresh bread.
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I think escarole is my favorite —as a vegetable and as a salad green.
Just talking about greens and beans with a co-worker an hour ago,and then I read this post. Photo looks very delicious,going to have to make this over the weekend now!
Joe –you just sent me back 40 years into my grandmother’s kitchen. She always made this –thanks for the delicious reminder!
I love escarole. My favorite way to eat it is with beans and sausage.
I had such a awful day at work. But I got home and read this blog and felt so much better. It reminded me of my mom and my aunts. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Escarole was always what we had in ‘minestra’growing up –with beans,or little meatballs like in the Italian wedding soup.
Minestra! Another blast from the past. Mom use to put every type of meat in hers. Ribs,chicken legs,sausage. I found a recipe that was close to what she made in one of Lidia Bastianich’s books.
So Escarole is now my favorite green! Sorry broccoli.
What a delicious recipe you made Joe!
That’s a simply perfect way to cook escarole,Joe. That’s great that you grow it. I like it with potatoes and white beans,too,and lots of lemon juice. Now I’m drooling.
I am a grandmother and I love escarole.