Puntarelle salad with anchovy and garlic dressing

The choice of salad leaves has improved dramatically. Bitter winter leaves from the endive family are available most of the year and will give some crunch to the dish. Frisée lettuce from this family is the only bore, tasting like hedge trimmings, but appears often as it is attractive to look at and comparatively cheap. For reasons I don’t understand, puntarelle is still only available from November to March. The plant is a form of chicory and comprises leaves and shoots. The shoots, small