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Puntarelle

Puntarelle are crisp shoots of a chicory variety, commonly served raw in salads or dressed with an anchovy-based dressing.

Puntarelle — illustrative ingredient image

About Puntarelle

Puntarelle are the crisp, hollow inner shoots of a cultivated chicory harvested before flowering. They are used chiefly as a raw salad vegetable, with the outer leaves often separated, though the leaves can also be cooked.

The shoots have a firm, juicy snap and a pleasantly bitter, vegetal flavour. Slicing them into narrow strips and soaking them in cold water encourages them to curl and become especially crisp. Cooking softens them and reduces some bitterness.

Puntarelle are pale green to white inside and may be sold attached to leafy outer growth or trimmed into separate shoots. They are commonly served with garlic, oil, vinegar, and an anchovy-based dressing, whose saltiness balances the vegetable’s bitterness.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Puntarelle nutrition & diet

Puntarelle nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Vegetables, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
37kcal
Protein
2.3g
Carbs
4.1g
Fat
0.4g

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Portions & preparation

Use the cleaned, tender shoots as the reference portion, distinguishing raw salad from briefly cooked preparations. Washing, trimming, slicing, and dressing can materially change the edible amount recorded. Anchovy dressings, oil, cheese, or other additions should be documented separately from the chicory shoots.

Compare the right form: Match references to raw, trimmed puntarelle shoots, or to a cooked preparation; exclude outer leaves and separately added dressing.

Diet considerations

Puntarelle are plant-derived chicory shoots. Plain raw or cooked shoots suit plant-based patterns, while anchovy-based dressing introduces fish; cheese, egg, or other additions change compatibility. Oil-based dressings alter the preparation without changing plant origin, and served accompaniments should be identified separately.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.7.4.9_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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