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Endives

Name: Endives
Prep time: 48 min
Cook time: 41 min
Total time: 1 h 29 min
Yield: 8 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 endives (head of chicory); 300 g bechamel sauce; 1 shallot; 4 slices ham; ½ lemon; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 100 g grated cheese; Salt; Pepper

A very classic recipe, but which can easily fail due to two main errors: too much water in bottom of dish because endives give off a lot, and endives that are too bitter so that children hate it.

Here is a method which avoids these two problems.

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Duration

1 hour 35 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 19^th 2026

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 8 endives (head of chicory)
2 300 g bechamel sauce
3 1 shallot
4 4 slices ham
5 ½ lemon
6 3 tablespoons olive oil
7 100 g grated cheese
8 Salt
9 Pepper
Total weight: 1,295 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

50 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 35 min.

Preparation 50 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 30 min.

Prepare 300 g bechamel sauce.

Prepare 8 endives (head of chicory)

Step 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Chop 1 shallot finely.

In a frying pan on medium heat, pour 3 tablespoons olive oil and cook shallot 30 seconds, salt and pepper.

Step 3 - ⌛ 15 min.

Put thoroughly drained and dried endives in the frying pan, sprinkle with juice of ½ lemon, and cook on each side until lightly browned.

Remove from heat.

Step 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Lay out half a slice of ham, about the size of an endive...

Step 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

... and roll endive up in it.

Step 6 - ⌛ 10 min.

Do this for all the 8 endives (head of chicory), and arrange them in a dish.

Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).

Step 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Pour in bechamel sauce according to taste, and grate some cheese on top.

Step 8 - ⌛ 25 min.

Put in the oven for about 25 minutes.

Step 9

Don't hesitate to finish briefly under the grill to brown the top well.

Remarks

Don't put too much cheese on top, otherwise the dish will be too fatty.

You can use any kind of ham you wish, personally I prefer smoked.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=10 %	6 g RDI=2 %	12 g RDI=16 %	154 kcal RDI=8 %	644 kJ RDI=8 %
Per person	10 g RDI=16 %	9 g RDI=3 %	19 g RDI=26 %	248 kcal RDI=12 %	1,039 kJ RDI=12 %
Whole recipe	84 g RDI=129 %	73 g RDI=27 %	152 g RDI=209 %	1,986 kcal RDI=99 %	8,314 kJ RDI=99 %