Braised chicory with caramelized orange

There is confusion between chicory and endive. In France, and consequently for all who train and work in French-style kitchens, chicory is a curly-leafed winter salad ingredient also called batavia. That which in Britain we call chicory is known as endive. Botanical Latin is no help, designating the whole family Cichorium endivia.

The type of chicory - or endive beige as the French would have it - we need for this dish is the tight white blanched chicons of the