Comments on: Dandelion recipes: Italian-style greens.

By: dexie

dexie — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:17:24 +0000

oh wow. never heard of this ever, till now. thank you for such a great idea.

*via carnival

By: andy

andy — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:56:47 +0000

I love dandelion greens cooked like this tossed with pasta with a little chopped walnuts and parmasean. Thanks for all the inspiring dandelion recipes!

By: Heidi (Earthkitten)

Heidi (Earthkitten) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:23:46 +0000

YUM YUM YUMMMMY! Thanks for the pic too…..makes it really look mouth-watering…

By: Chef Tom

Chef Tom — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:57:40 +0000

I’ve never had dandelion greens before. I”ll have to try this

By: Mike Sirianno

Mike Sirianno — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:11:46 +0000

My Italian greandmother had an Italian name for dandelion greens. Does anyone know what that might be because I know it but can’t spell it.

By: crabappleherbs

crabappleherbs — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:35:53 +0000

Was it a name for the dandelion plant or for the cooked dish? Some Italian names for dandelion are: Tarassaco, Soffione, Pisciacane, and of course Dente de Leone. Do any of those ring a bell?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:04:57 +0000

It’s funny that you ask for the Italian name for dandelion greens because that is how I found this site. I was searching for the English name for “safreglia” which is a weed/green that grows near where I live and we cook it kind of like the above recipe for the dandelion greens. I do not think safreglia’s are dandelion greens though, but could that be the name you are thinking of? My spelling is most likely incorrect also.

By: crabappleherbs

crabappleherbs — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:04:32 +0000

What do the safreglia look like? Are they something in the chicory family?

By: Barbara Young

Barbara Young — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:49:19 +0000

My Italian family has always called it “Chicoria” (sp?) which I assumed to be chicory, but I saw them gather it up and it was dandelion greens-perhaps they use the term as a generic “greens” in my family..

By: marianne lent

marianne lent — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:30:48 +0000

Does anyone know any recipe for radici (sp?). My grandma used to make it with pork chops. I think it was dandelion greens.

By: crabappleherbs

crabappleherbs — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:03:45 +0000

Barbara — chicory and dandelion greens are often used interchangeably.

Marianne — “radici” means “roots.” Maybe you mean “radicchio”? Radicchio is a kind of chicory, so it wouldn’t be surprising if your grandmother substituted dandelion greens. (Italian immigrants were very resourceful with the local wild foods — dandelions, chicory, all sorts of greens… and burdock stems were used as cardoons. I know an Italian-American family in which burdock is called “gardooni” — and they’ve never even heard of “cardoons”!)

By: Sa l West (Saleo)

Sa l West (Saleo) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:08:16 +0000

Dandelion greens with Green Onions and water creeses sauted in bacon grease is great.

By: crabappleherbs

crabappleherbs — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:37:16 +0000

Oh, yum!

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:27:23 +0000

My grandmother and father called it (sounds like) chee-kau-dee-ah. I don’t know how it is spelled. I just ate some in Italy too. It was tasty! Brought me back many years when my father used to make it. He also used to cook the roots to I think.

By: crabappleherbs

crabappleherbs — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:09:30 +0000

Hi Diana. I think you’re pronouncing “cicoria” — technically Italian for chicory, but chicory and dandelion leaves are used interchangeably, and you often hear Italian-Americans calling dandelion cicoria (pronounced chee KO ree ah, with a trilled r).

By: Jessie Dobbs

Jessie Dobbs — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:30:02 +0000

“Catalogna Frastagliata Italian Dandelion Greens” - this is the term that I had get in order to acquire the seeds for the european plant which american dandelions look like. Most italians who looked for that taste found out quickly that in order to replicate the flavor of the above noted plant - one had to trim american dandelions when they were very young - and on the full moon (way before the head ever had a chance to turn white). This is an interesting addition to my collection of plants we call “greens”.

By: Jessie Dobbs

Jessie Dobbs — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:38:54 +0000

The other name to search for is Cichorium intybus. It is a chicory plant which is related to the dandelion family.