Endive Cups with Feta and Walnuts
If there’s one recipe I love to prepare as an appetizer in winter, it’s these stuffed endives, and my favorite version is with feta and walnuts. They’re a much healthier alternative to potato chips: crunchy, light and super-quick to prepare. Here’s my quick and easy recipe for endives cups!
The combination of endives, cheese and walnuts is a classic at home, and you’ll also find it in my recipe for
Endive salad with walnuts and oranges. Presented in small cups, they look incredibly refined. It’s a cute and playful way to serve them, whether as an hors d’oeuvre or a light starter.
Why will you love barquettes?
If, like me, you like quick, healthy and delicious recipes, you’ll love these endive leaves stuffed with feta cheese!
- Ultra-fast: In just 10 minutes, your trays are ready.
- Healthy: It’s very light and makes you eat vegetables – perfect before a festive meal!
- Customizable: You can vary this recipe by replacing the feta cheese with goat’s cheese or blue cheese, or by adding diced apples or pears.
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Endive Cups with Feta and Walnuts
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Ingredients
- 2 Belgian endives
- 150 g feta or fresh goat cheese
- 50 g Greek yogurt
- 60 g walnuts
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tbsp chives finely chopped
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Option: Soak the whole endives for 5 minutes in iced water with a dash of vinegar, then dry carefully to firm up and remove some of the bitterness.
- Place the feta, Greek yogurt, honey and a pinch of salt in a small blender. Blend until almost homogeneous (I like to leave a few pieces of feta for texture). If you’re using a very fresh, soft goat’s cheese, you can simply mash it with a fork.
- Remove any endive leaves damaged on the outside. Carefully remove intact leaves.
- Using a small spoon, fill the hollow of each endive leaf with the cream cheese. Add coarsely chopped walnuts, chopped chives and a few turns of pepper. Serve immediately or within 2 hours.
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Ideas for Variations on your Stuffed Endives
If you feel like varying the endive cups to the season or what you have in your fridge, here are a few ideas to pimp up this recipe:
- Fruits: add small cubes of Granny Smith apple or pear on top of the feta cream for an nice sweet-savory contrast.
- Cheese: replace the feta with blue cheese or fresh goat cheese if you like stronger flavors.
- Walnuts: replace walnuts with toasted pine nuts, roasted hazelnut slivers or even pomegranate seeds.
- Tuna: replace feta with quick tuna spread, simply mixing canned tuna with some cream cheese.
This recipe was a great surprise. Endive are expensive where I live but well worth it to treat my friends who have treated me well over time.
So happy you liked it!