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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

Keywords for this recipe:Endives Bechamel sauce Ham Gratin

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.

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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.

Keeping

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

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,073 Kcal or 8,679 Kj	84 gr	91 gr	153 gr
104 %	32 %	9 %	23 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
160 Kcal or 670 Kj	6 gr	7 gr	12 gr
8 %	2 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
259 Kcal or 1,084 Kj	10 gr	11 gr	19 gr
13 %	4 %	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).

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 4.55 €
Per person : 0.57 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Harvest Gratin, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Scallops au gratin, Croque-monsieur, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: White bean gratin "à l'italienne", Chard and potato gratin, Sausage buckwheat pancakes, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Gougères, ... All
	Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Comtoise endive salad, Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Endives "bonne femme", Flamiche, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Involtinis, Two-cheese quiche, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Potato and two ham gratin, ... All

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