Belgian endive au gratin with goat cheese and prosciutto ham
A homemade recipe for a Belgian endive au gratin with goat cheese and Prosciutto ham. The soft chicory is rolled in a slice of salty Prosciutto ham and the goat cheese is bubbling and golden.
Equipment
- A conventional oven is used. When using a convection oven (with air fan) decrease the temperature with 30 °F / 20 °C
Ingredients
- 4 heads chicory
- 8 slices Prosciutto
- 100 grams goat cheese soft
- 1 orange
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoons fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried
- 30 grams walnuts
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit / 180 degrees Celsius.
- Wash the orange and grate the skin.
- Halve the orange and juice it.
- Slice the bottom of the chicory and half it. Cut the core out.
- Put a pan with a bit of water, approximately 2 inches (5 cm), on the stove and bring to the boil.
Chicory goat cheese casserole
- Put the halve chicory heads carefully in the boiling water and cook them for 8 minutes.
- Drain the chicory in a colander.
- Put a slice of Prosciutto in front of you and put half a chicory head on top. Roll the prosciutto around the chicory. Put in the oven dish.
- Repeat for all the Prosciutto slices.
- Pour the orange juice around the chicory.
- Sprinkle orange grind on top of the chicory.
- Crumble the goat cheese on top of the Prosciutto.
- Drizzle some honey on top and sprinkle the thyme.
- Top the casserole with the walnuts.
- Put the casserole in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Then turn on the grill and bake for another 5 minutes.
- Serve.
NOTES
- You can also remove the bitter core of the chicory by cutting off the butt and removing the core with an apple corer.
- Instead of boiling, you can also stew the chicory in butter for 10 minutes for a delicious creamy taste.
- The chicory doesn't necessarily have to be precooked. Then adjust your oven time to 25 minutes. And then turn on the grill.
- If you think the chicory is still bitter, add ¼ cup (50 ml) of milk to the water in which you boil the chicory.
- Instead of Prosciutto, you can also choose Parma ham, Coburger ham, or bacon.
- Goat cheese can be replaced by Blue cheese or a delicious grated cheese like Gouda.
Nutrition
Calories: 291kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 297mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 10174IU | Vitamin C: 50mg | Iron: 5mg
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