A week or so ago, I was told we may have some friends over for dinner. So, of course, the planner that I am I made a menu and a list then went grocery shopping. It was the week before their wedding, so they weren’t able to make it – so I had some herbed goat cheese and Endives laying around which I had planned to use for an appetizer.
Not really sure what to do with endives, other than slip them in with some mixed greens on a salad, I made my appetizer anyway and served it while dinner was cooking in the oven.
Endive and Herbed Goat Cheese Appetizer Recipe
Ingredients
1 Endive (or more if you’d like) 3 Tablespoons Herbed Goat Cheese ¼ cup Chopped Walnuts
Directions
Wash the endives, peel apart carefully and dry on paper towels. Mix together chopped walnuts and herbed goat cheese until mixed well. Arrange endives on a plate, place a small piece of goat cheese on the end of each endive leaf. Using the goat cheese walnut mixture, form a loose ball with your hands and place in the middle of the plate. Serve with crackers.
What a lovely idea: to enjoy the best in life, even when formal plans fall through. I think it’s great that you treated yourself to this special appetizer while finishing your normal dinner routine. It’s not hard to make the ordinary extraordinary, if we just take a little time and thought to do so.
Thanks, also, for highlighting endive. If it’s grown in the USA, we are the farm that it comes from (in California)! And, here’s a little fun fact: there’s no need to wash endive, as the leaves never touch dirt, nor are they handled directly. You can learn more about the two-step growing process here: http://endive.com/how-endive-is-grown
Cheers!
Casey Benedict
on behalf of Discover Endive
This recipe looks great!