Endives

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
50 min.	45 min.	1 hour 30 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare 300 g Bechamel sauce. Prepare 8 endives (head of chicory)
2	Chop 1 shallot finely. In a frying pan on medium heat, pour 3 tablespoons olive oil and cook shallot 30 seconds, salt and pepper.
3	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.
4	Lay out half a slice of ham, about the size of an endive...
5	... and roll endive up in it.
6	Do this for all the 8 endives (head of chicory), and arrange them in a dish. Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).
7	Pour in bechamel sauce according to taste, and grate some cheese on top.
8	Put in the oven for about 25 minutes.
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.

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