Endive spears, chicken and noodles.

Ingredients; chicken 200gr, chili peppers 3, endive spears 2, noodles 250 gr, shallot 2, ginger 2 cm, sunflower oil 2 tbsp for the noodle dressing; honey 1 tbsp, mirin 1 tbsp, rice wine 1 tbsp, fish sauce 1 tbsp, dark soy suace 1 tbsp, juice of 1 lime. (ingredients; here)
For vegetarians, replace the chicken with quorn pieces or mock meat.

Chop the chicken into bite size pieces. Slice the shallot, chili peppers and ginger into fine strips. Slice the endive stalks lengthwise in long small strips.
Mix all the ingredients for the noodle dressing in a small bowl.

Heat the wok, and add oil. Add ginger, chilli peppers and shallot. Stir fry for a minute and add the chicken.  stir fry until ready. Add the endive and stir fry (on high heat). Meanwhile bring 2 liters of water to the boil in a cooking pot, add noodles. Cook until just soft (about 3 minutes) and drain. Add the noodle dressing to the cooking pot, heath for a moment, turn of the heath and add the noodles. Stir well.
The endive should be done by now, still a bit crisp. Dress the noodles on a plate and serve the chicken and endive on top.

For vegetarians, replace the chicken with quorn pieces.

Endive stalks, cheese and tagliatelle

Ingredients; tagliatelle 200 gr, endive stalks 3, finely cut Parsley 2 tbsp, 1 egg, pepper, salt, cayenne pepper, olive oil 3 tbsp, Padano 50 gr.

Non vegetarians; cured bacon 150 gr

Vegetarians; smoked tofu 100 gr

Boil tagliatelle in plenty of salted water. Slice endive stalks lengthwise in small strips. Heath oil in a large frying pan and add endive. Add salt and pepper. Fry until soft and a bit browned.
Meanwhile beat one egg with some salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Fry the bacon / tofu lightly in a non stick pan.
Set aside some cooking fluid from the tagliatelle before rinsing. Add the tagliatelle to the endive. Add parsley and mix well. Take the frying pan of the fire and add a few tablespoons from the cooking fluid. Add the beaten egg and mix quickly.
Serve and dress with bacon / tofu and some roughly grated Padano cheese. You can use Parmesan cheese or mature cheddar instead.

recipes: Fish, lime and Belgian endive.

Ingredients: palm sugar 1 tbsp, 1 little red onion, 4 red chili peppers, 2 green chili peppers, coconut milk 30 cl, lemon juice 3 tbsp, lime juice 1 tbsp, 300 gr white fish (cod, ..), fish sauce 2 tbsp, massaman curry paste 2 tbsp, sunflower oil.
For the vegetables: ginger 4 cm, endive stalks 3, salt and black pepper, sunflower oil.

Slice the chili peppers. Heat a deep frying pan add oil and fry the peppers for a few minutes. Add finely sliced onion after 2 to 3 minutes add coconut milk and curry paste. When the curry paste is dissolved add lemon juice, lime juice and palm sugar. Cook for 5 minutes and add fish sauce. Taste, add more juice or sugar if needed. Cut the fish into2 parts. Lower heat and add the fish. Cook gently until ready.

Slice the ginger into thin long strips. Heat a frying pan add oil and fry the ginger for 2 to 3 minutes.
Slice the endive stalks length wise into strips and add. Fry on medium heat. Add salt and black pepper. Fry until soft, you might have to add a few tablespoons of water while frying.

Serve with rice or noodles.