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Individual creamy endive gratins

In this recipe, the endives are first blanched, then baked with cream and mushrooms in individual cassolettes (small gratin dishes or large ramekins).

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Last modified on: March 4^th 2012

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 8 endives (head of chicory)
2 1 onion
3 2 tablespoons olive oil
4 200 ml cream
5 50 g chanterelles (optional)
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 915 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
44 min.	21 min.	1 hour 5 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Individual creamy endive gratins : Photo of step #1

Prepare 1 onion and chop finely.

If you are using dried mushrooms, soak them in water. If fresh, wash and chop them.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

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Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a pan on medium heat. When hot, add the chopped onion, salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

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Add 200 ml cream and the mushrooms, salt and pepper, then leave to thicken slightly on low heat.

Check seasoning.

Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Stage 4 - 26 min.

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Prepare 8 endives (head of chicory), and divide between the buttered dishes.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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Cover with the cream and mushroom mixture.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

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And bake in the oven...

Stage 7

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...until the top is nicely browned.

Remarks

You can replace the chanterelles with other mushrooms. Dried mushrooms, such as black trumpets (also known as horn of plenty) or morels are particularly good.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge in a sealed container. Should be reheated.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,043 Kcal or 4,367 Kj	15 gr	44 gr	90 gr
52 %	6 %	4 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
114 Kcal or 477 Kj	2 gr	5 gr	10 gr
6 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
261 Kcal or 1,093 Kj	4 gr	11 gr	23 gr
13 %	1 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 1.74 €
Per person : 0.44 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bounty-style tart for Alison, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Crispy spinach rolls, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, ... All
	Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Endive and walnut salad, Endives , Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Gratin du Nord, How to prepare endives , ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cretan Bread, Cervelle de Canut, Home-made chilli oil, Mushroom and artichoke omelette, Penne with purple artichokes, ... All
	Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Filet mignon with mustard and tarragon sauce, How to prepare an onion or shallot, Seven-hour lamb, Sautéed turmeric chicken with mushrooms, Roscoff salad, ... All

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