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
Preparation
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.