Sautéed Endive With Balsamic Butter Food

SAUTéED ENDIVE WITH BALSAMIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy skillet. Add endive halves, cut side down, and sear on medium-high heat for a couple of minutes per side, turning once, until golden brown but still somewhat firm in the middle. Salt to taste, transfer to a serving dish and tent with foil to keep warm.
• Simmer vinegar in a small saucepan for about a minute. Remove from heat and whisk in butter bit by bit. Whisk in sugar and, if desired, some salt and pepper.
• Drizzle some of the balsamic butter on endives, strew with marjoram and dust with pepper. Serve. Remaining balsamic butter can be refrigerated for future use.

BRAISED ENDIVE WITH CHESTNUTS IN BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Add 2 tablespoons butter to a cast-iron skillet over high heat and add the endives cut-side down. Sear until the bottoms are slightly charred, then add the remaining 4 tablespoons butter along with the chestnuts and sage leaves and cook until the chestnuts begin to brown. Finish with the sherry vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.
• Arrange the endives on a plate or platter charred-side up. Spoon chestnuts over the endives, then drizzle with the sauce. Serve immediately.

SAUTéED ENDIVE WITH BALSAMIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy skillet. Add endive halves (cut side down) and sear on medium-high heat for a couple of minutes per side. Salt to taste and transfer to to serving dish and tent with foil to keep warm.
• Simmer vinegar in small saucepan for a minute. Remove from heat and whisk in butter (gradually). Whisk in sugar (s/p optional).

SAUTEED ENDIVES (ENDIVES MEUNIERE)

Steps:

• Drain the endives well on absorbent paper towels.
• Heat two tablespoons of the butter in a heavy skillet large enough to hold the endives without crowding. Add the endives and cook, turning often so that they brown evenly all over, about five minutes.
• Transfer the endives to a warm serving dish. Melt the remaining butter in the skillet and cook it until it almost turns brown. Pour this over the endives. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

BRAISED BELGIAN ENDIVE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat, let it get warm (melt) and add the endive (whole not leaves separated), sugar, lemon juice,& chicken stock.
• Bring to a boil, cover pan and braise the endive for 3 minutes.
• Turn 1/4 way round braise for 3 more minutes, turn a quarter again continue to brais for 3 minutes and then turn the endive to the last quarter and braise 3 minutes (a total of 12 minutes and braising all four sides).
• Uncover the pan, raise heat to medium High.
• Add herbs, parsley cook for an additional 2 minutes, pan juices should have reduced by about 2/3.
• Serve ASAP.

CHICKEN SAUTé WITH WILTED ENDIVE AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• Using meat mallet, pound chicken breast halves between sheets of plastic wrap to 1/2-inch thickness. Sprinkle chicken with 1 teaspoon chopped fresh herbs, salt, and pepper.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and sauté until cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to plate and tent with foil. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter to same skillet and cook until brown, about 1 minute. Add brussels sprouts and endive and sauté until golden, adding broth to moisten, about 3 minutes. Add vinegar; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in remaining 1 teaspoon herbs. Divide vegetables between plates. Top with chicken and serve.

BALSAMIC SAUTEED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Combine the balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, and 1 Tbs. water in a small dish and set near the stove. Set a shallow serving dish near the stove, too.
• Turn on the exhaust fan. In a 10-inch straight-sided sauté pan, heat 1 Tbs. of the butter with the olive oil over medium-high heat. When the butter is melted, add the mushrooms and 3/4 teaspoons salt and stir right away with a wooden spoon until the mushrooms have absorbed all the fat.
• Let the mushrooms cook undisturbed for 2 minutes and then stir once. The pan will look dry, but keep the heat at medium high and continue to cook, stirring infrequently, until the mushrooms are shrunken, glistening, and some sides have developed a deep orange-brown color, 6 to 7 minutes more (the bottom of the pan will be brown).
• Turn the heat to low, add the garlic and the remaining 1 Tbs. butter and cook, stirring, until the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant, 15 to 20 seconds. Carefully add the balsamic mixture (you'll need to scrape the brown sugar into the pan with a rubber spatula). Cook, stirring, until the liquid reduces to a glazey consistency that coats the mushrooms, 15 to 20 seconds. Season with a few grinds of pepper.
• Immediately transfer the mushrooms to the serving dish, scraping the pan with a rubber spatula to get all of the garlicky sauce. Let sit for a few minutes and then serve warm.