Barchetta endivia belga e taleggio (endive & taleggio boats)

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Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Belgian endive heads
½ pounds Taleggio cheese; room temp
¼ pounds BC Smoked Salmon; thin slice
15 Prosciutto or bresaola cured beef slices
2 tablespoons Fennel leaves; finely chop
2 tablespoons Parsley; fresh, fine chop
1 tablespoon Sun-dried tomatoes; pureed
313 millilitres Roasted peppers; cut in thin strips
Fresh ground black pepper
Extra virgin olive oil

Directions

Roasted peppers are available commercially in 313 mL jar (Unico brand) Carefully remove endive leaves: rinse and dry carefully. Salmon boats: Place a slice of salmon on the endive leaf, enough to sit in the (endive) "boat". Remove the outer skin of the taleggio and leave half the cheese for the second combination. Gently blend the cheese with the fennel leaves.

Drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil on the salmon and grind a couple of turn of pepper. Place a spoonful of taleggio on top and serve. Bresaola boats: Place a slice of bresaola or prosciutto on the endive. Place a strip of roasted red pepper on top, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Gently mix the sun-dried tomatoes into the cheese. Place a spoonful on top of the "boat"(endive) and serve. If unable to locate Taleggio cheese use goat's cheese. Takes 20 minutes to prepare File

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