French

Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless)

Name: Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 Belgian endives; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp all-purpose flour; 2 cups milk; 1.25 cups Gruyere cheese, grated; 1 pinch ground nutmeg; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

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Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

40 min Medium Diabetic friendly Low carb High fiber Vegetarian Pescatarian Halal

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

8 Belgian endives
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
1.25 cups Gruyere cheese, grated
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Preheat the oven to 400 F, trim the base of the endives, and simmer them in salted water for 10 minutes until just tender, then drain well.
Arrange the drained endives snugly in a buttered baking dish, with no ham wrapped around them.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, whisk in the flour, and cook for 1 minute, then gradually whisk in the milk and simmer, stirring, until thickened, about 5 minutes; season with the nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
Pour the sauce evenly over the endives and scatter the Gruyere on top.
Bake for 20 minutes, until bubbling and golden, and let the gratin rest for 5 minutes before serving.
Built without the ham, this is the everyday meatless counterpart to endives au jambon, and just as much a genuine family gratin.

Watch how to cook Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless)

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Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min
Something cool and fresh
- Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Gluten	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 350 kcal
Protein: 17 g
Carbs: 17 g
Fat: 24 g
Fiber: 5 g
Sugar: 6 g
Sodium: 670 mg
Saturated fat: 15 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.