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CHICORY FILLED WITH BLUE CHEESE, DATES AND HAZELNUTS (for 4 persons)

You need
- 8 stumps chicory of equal size
- 150 gr. blue cheese
- 50 gr. hazelnuts
- 1 shallot
- 4 dates
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- 4 tablespoons hazelnut oil
- 6 sprigs thyme
- pepper & salt
- 24 pieces kitchen twine of + / - 15 cm,

Preparation:

Cut the endive stalks lengthwise in half and cut out the inner leafes. Make sure that the stump still remains together by the roots! Chop the inner chicory leaves finely. Heat 2 tablespoons hazelnut oil in a pan and add the shallots. Let the shallots are translucent, add the chopped chicory and garlic. If the chicory cooked you do everything in a bowl. Chop the dates and half the hazelnuts finely and mix it with the endive. Crumble the blue cheese in there, zip 2 sprigs thyme over the breadcrumbs and mix through. Season with pepper and sea salt. Spread the filling over the chicory halves, place each time the second half of the endive on top.
Lay 3 pieces of kitchen twine on the worksheet, place a stuffed endive stump on it and tie it together. Arrange the chicory stumps than in a baking dish and cover with some hazelnut oil. Chop the remaining hazelnuts coarsely. Preheat the oven to 190 ° C and bake for 10-12 minutes in the oven. Turn them around, arrange the thyme sprigs on top and sprinkle with the rest of the hazelnuts. Bake for 10-15 minutes more chicory until nicely golden.

TIP: Serve with potato and celeriac puree.
Also delicious with such Comté cheese.
You can serve as an appetizer, garnish or as original as savory dessert and then these quantities are sufficient even for 8 people.
You can easy dish to prepare in advance.

Additional Information:
The nutritional value of nuts varies by species, therefore you have best several types in the house. Some of the species are:

• WALNUTS: A popular note with the highest content of oil. They contain, among other alpha linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid that the body can not produce itself.
• HAZELNUTS: One of the most versatile and nutritious nuts [also loved by mice and squirrels :-) ] They thrive best in the Mediterranean. They contain a lot of fiber, calcium, magnesium, vitamin E, zinc and folic acid.
• ALMONDS: This stone fruit is family of the apricot. They come from Asia and the Middle East. The advantages are: they contain a lot of iron, magnesium and calcium.
• BRAZIL NUTS or BRAZIELNOTEN: This large, creamy triangular nut grows in Latin America. They contain, inter alia, a lot of selenium (a major antioxidant), magnesium and phosphorus. Two nuts per day are sufficient

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