Stuffed Endive Recipes

STUFFED ENDIVE

Steps:

• Season cottage cheese with salt, pepper and chives.
• Clean endive and pull leaves off; dip tips into paprika.
• Fill leaves with cottage cheese and arrange in a petal fashion on a round plate; fill center of the "flower" with olives.
• Serve with dressing.

STUFFED ENDIVE LEAVES

Steps:

• COMBINE the following ingredients in the food processor:.
• artichoke hearts, mushrooms, pimentos, green olives, green bell pepper, celery; pulse until veggies are medium/fine in size.
• In a skillet: Warm olive oil over medium heat, sautee onions and garlic in 1/4 C olive oil, may use less oil. Cool and set aside.
• Make vinaigrette by combining: white vinegar, dried Italian seasoning, salt, sugar, pepper. Whisk to blend. Add to all veggies. Cover and refrigerate for 6-8 hours.
• Clean and trim individual endive leaves. Trimming off ends as needed. Spoon mixture into leaves. Arrange on serving platter.

STUFFED ENDIVE SPEARS

Steps:

• Combine first seven ingredients mix well.
• Trim ends of endive and separate heads into spears.
• Spread cheese mixture on endive spears.
• Serve immediately or cover and chill up to 2 hours before serving.
• Garnish with basil sprigs.

STUFFED BELGIAN ENDIVE

Steps:

• Dice peeled pear into very small chunks.
• Sauté in butter over high heat until it begins to brown and caramelize.
• Cool in refrigerator.
• Mix goat cheese and cream cheese in a mixer or food processor until well blended.
• Add the cooled pear and mix for a few seconds.
• Cut the ends off of the endives and pull off the largest leaves to stuff, reserving the rest for other uses.
• Place filling into each leaf and top with half of a walnut half.
• Filling may be made a day ahead of time, but assembly should be done at the last minute.