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Sugarloaf
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Sugarloaf chicory forms pale green, elongated loaf heads that look like cos lettuce but taste gently bitter-sweet—milder than red radicchio, excellent raw or lightly grilled. Texture is crisp and juicy; the name refers to the conical sugarloaf shape. A bridge for diners wary of strong chicory. Slice into wedges for salad or grill cut faces. Dress with honey mustard or citrus. Grows as a heading leaf chicory without red pigment.
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Sugarloaf-shaped pale chicories were selected in European kitchen gardens.
Sugarloaf chicory appeared regularly in continental seed catalogues.
Mild chicory demand lifted sugarloaf into specialty salad programmes.
Sugarloaf remained a go-to pale heading chicory for milder bitter salads.