Belgian Endive Stuffed with Crabmeat Ravigote
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
- 1/4 cup seeded, small diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons small capers, drained
- 1 tablespoon minced shallots
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 pound lump crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage
- 4 heads Belgian endive, cored, leaves separated and wiped clean
- 1 head radicchio Treviso, cored, leaves separated and wiped clean
- 2 bunches fresh watercress, garnish
- In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, garlic, hot sauce, and salt.
- Whisk to combine.
- Fold in the green onions, tomatoes, capers, shallots, and parsley.
- Gently fold in the crabmeat, turning to gently coat with the dressing and being careful not to break up the lumps.
- Adjust seasoning, to taste.
- Spoon a heaping tablespoon of the stuffing into endive and radicchio leaves.
- Arrange the watercress and stuffed endives and radicchio decoratively on a platter and serve as an hors d'oeuvre.
- Alternately, place the watercress on 8 small plates and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.
mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, garlic, hot red pepper sauce, salt, green onions, tomatoes, capers, shallots, parsley, lump crabmeat, endive, radicchio treviso, fresh watercress
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/belgian-endive-stuffed-with-crabmeat-ravigote-recipe.html (may not work)