How to Use escarole in a Sentence

escarole

noun
  • His three-course deal for customers includes chicken meatballs with escarole and cannellini beans for appetizer, lasagna rustica for dinner, and tiramisu for dessert.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Add 1 Tbsp oil, then half the escarole and cut side down.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Skip the soft lettuces, which tend to get squashed in a big salad, and start with sturdier greens, like kale or escarole.
    Sacbee, sacbee.com, 20 June 2017
  • Feel free to swap in other leafy greens; spinach, escarole, kale, and collard greens are all good choices.
    Special To The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Any kind of green – escarole, Swiss chard, kale or beet leaves, to name a few – could be substituted for the broccoli rabe.
    Linda Giuca and Christopher Prosperi, courant.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Green escarole is a member of the family (as is frisée, curly endive).
    David Tanis, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Add drained beans, stir them around, then add veg stock (or just water), Parm rinds, and chopped winter greens like mustard, escarole, kale, chard.
    Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Warm up some leftover gravy or pan juices with big handfuls of greens, such as spinach or escarole, just until wilted and served atop crusty bread.
    Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Reduce heat to medium-low, fold in beans, and cook until escarole is tender and beans are heated through, 2 to 3 minutes more.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Sometimes made even more complète with a garlicky, acidic escarole salad mounded right on top and a bottle of the local hard cider to drink.
    Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020
  • While soup is simmering, separate leaves from 1 head of escarole and rinse to remove any dirt.
    Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 30 Apr. 2018
  • There’s chicken under a brick, pressed flat, tattooed with sumac, served with escarole and rosemary brown butter.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
  • Your meal was thrown into a pan, undercooked to keep it somewhat tender, and arranged on some limp escarole.
    Caitlin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2017
  • Minestra is a simple soup of greens and beans — escarole and white cannellinis for our family.
    NBC News, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Add escarole, feta, and walnuts and toss gently to combine.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2019
  • That includes things like wilted escarole with cannellini beans and rib eye with marinara sauce.
    Nikita Richardson, Bon Appetit, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Curly endive and escarole tend to be readily available, but require just the right dressing to counter their bitter toughness.
    Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The soup of the day on our visit was Italian wedding, a straight-forward version of the classic with succulent meatballs, tender escarole and pastina.
    Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
  • The house soup is a hearty sausage and escarole ($6) desperately seeking seasoning.
    Spencer Caldwell, courant.com, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Transfer to a cutting board and repeat with remaining escarole.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Black cod served with Oregon black truffle, parsnip mash, escarole and truffle jus is a house dinner favorite, but expect the menus to be ever-changing based on the season's best offerings.
    Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Calling to me most right now are agnolotti stuffed with herbed goat cheese and brightened with flowers, and shells that catch their topping of pancetta, escarole and sunny egg so that every bite delivers carbonara bliss.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 June 2019
  • Serve escarole mixture over polenta with lemon wedges and extra Parmesan, if desired.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 13 Feb. 2018
  • For the novice farmer or, perhaps more likely, the dreamer living vicariously through food and farming books, these volumes pair as naturally as olive oil and escarole.
    Forrest Pritchard, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Among the other veggies are broccoli, cauliflower, kale, spinach, Easter Egg radishes, greens mix, baby lettuce mix, escarole, pac choi, rhubarb, arugula, leaf lettuces, chives and basil.
    Steve Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2018
  • The menu offers antipasti (order the escarole in Gorgonzola dolce topped with fuyu persimmon), pizza like the wild nettle, ricotta della casa, and lemon, and handmade pappardelle with venison sugo.
    Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Bean says Arctic Organics will have new produce this week, including potatoes, chioggia beets, giant heirloom kohlrabi and escarole.
    Steve Edwards, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Reduce heat, cover pot, and cook, stirring occasionally and maintaining a gentle simmer, until escarole is very tender, 20–25 minutes.
    Bon Appetit, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Cook 2 minutes or until escarole wilts, stirring occasionally.
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 3 Dec. 2015
  • Some varieties, like escarole and radicchio, feel familiar; others, like boutiquey speckled Castelfranco and finger-spindly Tardivo, look fantastically exotic.
    Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 22 Aug. 2017

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