Chicory with ham and cheese in tomato sauce

AUTHOR
Reed Chan
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 medium onion
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) Tomatoes
  • 200 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 8 small cobs chicory (1-1,2 kg)
  • 8 discs (approx. 240 g) young Gouda cheese
  • 8 (approx. 280 g) large, thin slices of cooked ham
  • 40 g Butter or margarine
  • 1 kg mainly waxy potatoes
  • 1/4 l Milk
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 8 small wooden skewers / toothpicks made of wood

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and chop the onion. Heat the oil in a pot. Fry the onion in it. Add tomatoes, chop coarsely. Add stock and tomato paste and season with salt and pepper.

  2. 2

    Bring to the boil and simmer in an open pot for 10-15 minutes. In the meantime clean and wash the chicory and cut the stalk into wedges. Wrap each chicory in a slice of cheese and ham and pin it with a wooden skewer. Heat 20 g fat in a pan. Sauté the chicory well all around, place in an ovenproof dish and pour the tomato sauce over it. Braise in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 40-45 minutes. In the meantime, peel and wash the potatoes and cook them in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes. Warm up the milk. Drain potatoes, add 20 g fat and milk and mash coarsely.

  3. 3

    Sauté the chicory well all around, place in an ovenproof dish and pour the tomato sauce over it. Braise in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 40-45 minutes. In the meantime, peel and wash the potatoes and cook them in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes. Warm up the milk. Drain potatoes, add 20 g fat and milk and mash coarsely. Season the puree with salt and nutmeg and serve with the braised chicory

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
710 kcal
CARBS
46 g
FATS
39 g
PROTEINS
49 g