Baked Endives with Ham and Cheese

Name: Baked Endives with Ham and Cheese
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: salt and white pepper; 8 slices of cooked smoked ham; ½ large glass of dry white wine (say 100 ml/3½ fl oz); 50 g (1¾ oz) Gruyère or Emmenthal cheese, grated; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 80 g (2¾ oz) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing; 8 witloof endives (chicory); 2 bay leaves; 125 ml (4 fl oz) (double) cream; juice of 2 lemons; 2 teaspoons golden caster sugar; 250 ml (9 fl oz) milk; grated nutmeg, for seasoning; a sprig of thyme; 1 onion, peeled and sliced

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Long and Messy Business

By Rowley Leigh

Published 2018

About

Smoked ham seems an especially good match for the endives but other hams will do very well, including Parma and other raw hams. Similarly, Parmesan works well too.

Ingredients

8 witloof endives (chicory)
80 g (2¾ oz) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing</

Europe
United Kingdom
Dinner
March
England
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F, Gas Mark 4).

Remove the outside leaves of the endives. Butter a large gratin dish and lay the endives on top. Dot with 50g (1¾ oz) of the butter