Baked Endive Wraps Recipe
A lovely recipe for a light luncheon. Serve with a small salad.
Ingredients
- Per Person:
- 1 Belgian Endive
- 1 medium thin slice boiled ham
- 1 medium thin slice sharp Swiss Cheese
- Medium thickness Bechamel sauce (1T butter, 2T flour per cup of milk)
- pinch nutmeg
- salt and pepper to taste
- shredded sharp Swiss Cheese.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Lightly blanch 1 whole Belgian Endive for each serving
- Remove from water and allow to cool
- Place a slice of cheese on a slice of ham. Make sure the cheese is centered and smaller than each slice of ham.
- Wrap 1 ham/cheese around each Belgian Endive with the cheese side closest to the Endive
- Place each wrapped Endive in a backing pan with the edge of ham/cheese wrapping down
- Cover with Bechamel Sauce to coat top of wrapped Endives with enough to come up the sides about half way.
- Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper
- Bake until tender (approx 20-30 minutes)
- Remove from oven
- Raise oven temp to 450 degrees or use broiler
- Sprinkle with shredded Swiss Cheese
- Return to oven/broiler until cheese is melted and lightly brown
- If you want you can add the shredded swiss to the bechamel and skip the broiling.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 29g | |
| Calories 116 | |
| Calories from Fat 78 | 67% |
| Total Fat 8.91g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat 6.0g | 24% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 26mg | 9% |
| Sodium 54mg | 2% |
| Potassium 22mg | 1% |
| Total Carbs 1.51g | 0% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.0g | 0% |
| Sugars 0.37g | 0% |
| Protein 7.54g | 12% |
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March 1, 2011This looks great Mary! Thanks for sharing. I've saved it to the Try Soon folder in my recipe box and will let you know how it is!
