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Endive "Chips" with Blue Cheese Dip and Bacon Dust

Endive "Chips" with Blue Cheese Dip and Bacon Dust
The iceberg wedge salad gets reinvented. Endives are the perfect vehicle for a condiment as delicious as this one.
Recipe:
Ingredients

• 2 strips of thick bacon (2 oz.), chopped
• 1/4 cup Greek-style yogurt
• 1/4 cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon black

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Photo by: Iain Bagwell

Endive "Chips" with Blue Cheese Dip and Bacon Dust

Endive "Chips" with Blue Cheese Dip and Bacon Dust
The iceberg wedge salad gets reinvented. Endives are the perfect vehicle for a condiment as delicious as this one.
Recipe:
Ingredients

• 2 strips of thick bacon (2 oz.), chopped
• 1/4 cup Greek-style yogurt
• 1/4 cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 20 leaves of endive (from about 3 heads)

Preparation
1. Cook bacon in a frying pan (not nonstick) over high heat until crisp, about 4 minutes. Drain on a paper towel. Pulse in a food processor to make fine crumbs and put in a serving bowl.
2. Mix together yogurt, cheese, 1/2 tsp. rosemary, and pepper in another serving bowl. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 tsp. rosemary. Pile endive leaves in a wide bowl and serve with dip and bacon dust. less