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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (359g)

Recipe makes 4 servings

The following items or measurements are not included below:

8 heads chicory lettuce

16 slices cooked ham

Calories 624
Calories from Fat 456 (73%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 50.7g 78%
Saturated Fat 31.0g 155%
Monounsaturated Fat 14.8g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.1g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 169mg 56%
Sodium 334mg 13%
Potassium 316mg 9%
Total Carbohydrate 20.4g 6%
Dietary Fiber 0.5g 2%
Sugars 0.6g
Protein 23.2g 46%

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Chicory/Witlof With Gruyere and Ham

Recipe #143637 | 1 hour | 40 min prep | add private note
kiwidutch

By: kiwidutch
Nov 2, 2005

I love the distinctive tastes of gruyere cheese, chicory and ham together and regularly make this in the winter as a main course to warm everyone up from top to toe when the rain is lashing down outside and they come in from the cold, ... hearty comfort food Gruyere cheese gives this recipe a flavour all of its own. Enjoy!

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Cheese sauce

Directions

  1. 1
    Clean chicory heads, remove outer leaves and cut off about 1 cm from the thick end of the chicory.
  2. 2
    Fill a large pot with water and add lemon, butter and salt, add chicory and boil for about 20-30 minutes or until tender (cooking time depends on the size of the chicories) Once cooked, drain really well (or all the excess water will leak out later and make your cheese sauce very very thin).
  3. 3
    Take 2 slices of ham and arrange them slightly overlapping on a cutting board, using tongs, place a chicory in the middle, sprinkle a small amount of the grated gruyere on and roll it up. (when I make this as a main course I personally use 3 slices of ham for each chicory, but that's just personal preference).
  4. 4
    Place the ham rolled chicory in an ovenproof dish.
  5. 5
    To make the cheese sauce:.
  6. 6
    Melt the butter in a saucepan, take off the heat and add the flour, using a whisk to blend it into a smooth paste with the cream and then add the milk, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
  7. 7
    Return the sauce to the heat to cook and thicken, whisking constantly. Don't worry if it looks overly thick, no matter how much water you get out of the chicory there will still be some left in there somewhere to make your sauce a little bit thinner.
  8. 8
    Lastly, add the rest of the grated Gruyere to the sauce (and Sbrinz cheese if you are using that too) stir, and then pour the sauce over the ham rolled chicorys.
  9. 9
    Put into a preheated oven at 220 C (425 F) for 10-20 minutes and serve hot.
  10. 10
    Serve with any pasta type that will coat with the sauce well.
  11. 11
    NOTE: I sometimes replace the cream with a soya product that we have here called "soya cusine" if you are watching your intake of dairy products, cholesterol etc then this is a healthier option and doesn't effect the taste of the dish at all.

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From: Sackville

On Nov 2, 2009

This recipe turned this one-time chicory hater into a firm fan. My dislike of chicory began in a French cafeteria in 1998, where the cooks always boiled it until it was just a bitter mush. What a shame when it can taste so good, as I now know! This dish is hearty, comforting and a beautiful, unique main dish for your family or a dinner party.

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    From: Elmotoo

    On Dec 31, 2008

    I've made this several times since YOU made this for us & I now make this without needing the recipe to refer to. It is a family favorite! Thank you, Kiwi!

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    From: dimensionally transcendental

    On Mar 7, 2008

    This was a nice recipe which I will make again but not as a main. For me and hubby, it is really a side dish. The instructions were bang on though and the flavour was great.

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    From: French Tart

    On Jan 27, 2007

    A great comfort Winter gratin dish! I made it exactly as stated, but could not wrap the ham around the endives(Chicory), as it was home-baked ham and too thick! So, I laid the ham slices underneath the endives. I also cut down on the cheese a little bit, I used one and a half cups of gruyere cheese as it is quite strong - the flavour was still very cheesy & good. I make a similar version of this myself - but it was nice to try another recipe for a change - thanks Kiwidutch, a great recipe!

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