Endives à la Crème

Although the recipe from which this one is adapted does not mention cheese, adding some and placing the endives in the oven to color the top creates a superior dish. This step also allows you to prepare the endives in advance and then add the white sauce and slip the pan into the oven just before you are about to serve the dish. Endives are often called Belgian or Brussels endives (and also witloof) because the area around Brussels traditionally cultivates a lot of the small, pale, bullet-s