Chicory roasted with thyme & bacon
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Chicory roasted with thyme & bacon

By Geraldene Holt

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A simple supper dish that’ll tickle your taste buds; Chicory roasted with thyme & bacon

  • Cook:1 hrs
  • Serves 4
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 225
  • fat 19g
  • saturates 4g
  • carbs 5g
  • sugars 0g
  • fibre 1g
  • protein 9g
  • salt 1.76g

Ingredients

  • 4 large heads of white chicory
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 6 bay leaves
  • 6 thyme sprigs
  • 12 peeled whole garlic cloves
  • 6 slices dry-cured back bacon
  • serve straight from the oven with hunks of wholemeal bread

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 180C/conventional 200C/gas 6. Trim away the stalk ends of the heads of chicory, discard any limp outer leaves and quarter the vegetables lengthways.

  2. Brush a shallow baking dish with 2 tbsp olive oil, then add the chicory. Tuck the bay leaves and thyme sprigs in between the chicory, scatter the peeled whole garlic cloves on top and drizzle over 2 more tbsp olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.

  3. Cut the bacon into strips and scatter over the chicory, then return the dish, uncovered, to the oven for about 30 minutes until the bacon is crisp. Serve straight from the oven, with hunks of wholemeal bread.

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