Port Walnuts and Goat Cheese On Endive
By: The Duo Dishes
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 4:00pm

Ingredients




3 cups walnut halves
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup port wine
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons butter
3 heads endive (20-24 leaves)
2/3 cup goat cheese

Preparation

1 Melt butter in a shallow pan and toss in nuts.  Make sure all nuts are covered with a bit of butter. 2 Add bay leaves, port wine and sugar.  Toss to combine. 3 Allow to simmer on low heat until port wine thickens, approximately 6-8 minutes. 4 Scoop nuts onto a parchment paper lined baking tray.  Drizzle thickened port over nuts.  Place tray in freezer until ready to assemble. 5 Just before serving, dab a bit of goat cheese onto each endive leaf and add a couple of nuts to each one.