Stuffed Belgian Endive

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 large firm pear, peeled, seeded
• 4 ounces goat cheese (room temperature)
• 4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1/4 cup toasted walnut halves
• 4 belgian endive

Recipe

• 1 dice peeled pear into very small chunks.
• 2 sauté in butter over high heat until it begins to brown and caramelize.
• 3 cool in refrigerator.
• 4 mix goat cheese and cream cheese in a mixer or food processor until well blended.
• 5 add the cooled pear and mix for a few seconds.
• 6 cut the ends off of the endives and pull off the largest leaves to stuff, reserving the rest for other uses.
• 7 place filling into each leaf and top with half of a walnut half.
• 8 filling may be made a day ahead of time, but assembly should be done at the last minute.