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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

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Endives

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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Last modified on: February 14^th 2012

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

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
48 min.	41 min.	1 hour 29 min.

Preservation:

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Prepare 300 g Bechamel sauce.

Prepare 8 endives (head of chicory)

Stage 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.

Stage 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.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

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

Stage 5 - 2 min.

... and roll endive up in it.

Stage 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).

Stage 7 - 5 min.

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

Stage 8 - 25 min.

Put in the oven for about 25 minutes.

Stage 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.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 4.55 €
Per person : 0.57 €

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Source

Home made

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This recipe use (among others)

	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Scallops au gratin, Ham "friand" pie, Italian style gratin, Montlebon toast, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moussaka, Soufflée omelette with cheese, Layered Leek and Egg Gratin , Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Breton Pie, ... All
	Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Comtoise endive salad, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Endive and walnut salad, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Ham à la Russe, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Mozzarella pasta bake, Potted meat (rillettes), Two-cheese quiche, ... All

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