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Elegant Endives

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Editor's note: This recipe is from Erika Lenkert's book, The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining For Lenkert's tips on throwing a last-minute New Year's Eve party, click here.

This is about as easy as entertaining gets, with big bonus points for its refined presentation and luscious flavors. Hand-feed one — or 10 — to someone you want to seduce or friends you want to impress.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    10 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes approximately 10 to 15 endives

Ingredients

1 head endive
1 cup of blue cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup spiced nuts , chopped
3 tablespoons honey

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Slice off the base of the endive and separate the endive leaves, carefully pulling them off at the base so they're intact.

    Step 2

    Lay the leaves on a large servign tray in a decorative pattern — such as concentric circles or diagonal rows.

    Step 3

    Fill the base of each leaf (the strongest and whitest part) with a heaping teaspoon of blue cheese crumbles. Sprinkle each with nuts and top with a drop or two of honey.

    Step 4

    Now slip into something fabulous.

Reprinted with permission from The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining by Erika Lenkert. © May 2003 McGraw-Hill
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