Try adding endive to top your burgers and sandwiches instead of the usual lettuce. Add chopped endive to your stir-fries. Grill the whole heads until charred and crisp-tender. Instead of crackers, put out endive leaves on your party platters to dip into your most awesome dips and spreads.

How do you serve raw endive?

To prepare raw Belgian endive, pull the leaf near the root until the leaf separates from the vegetable. Because of their sturdy texture and bitter flavor, endive leaves make up the base of salads. Their crunchiness allows them to be a great substitute for chips and they work well with thick dips like hummus.

What does endive go well with?

Replace crackers with endive leaves and enjoy with tuna salad, chicken salad, or any of your favorite vegetable dips. Try them with our Carrot Tuna Vegetable Dip. An Appealing Appetizer. Place endive leaves in a circular shape (make 2 layers) and top with grapes and walnuts.