Endive Boats Stuffed with Goat Cheese and Walnuts

• 13 cups Walnuts, Chopped
• 2 Tablespoons Honey, Divided
• 1/4 cups Balsamic Vinigar
• 3 Tablespoons Orange Juice
• 16 leaves Belgian Endive
• 16 pieces Orange Sections (Satsumas Are Best But Any Orange Will Work) - Optional
• 13 cups Goat Cheese
• 13 cups Dried Cranberries
• 1 Tablespoon Chives (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoons Black Crack Pepper (Optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees .
2. Combine walnuts and 1 tablespoon honey; spread on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, stirring after 5 minutes.
4. Combine remaining 1 tablespoon honey, vinegar, and orange juice in a small saucepan.
5. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat, and cook until reduced to 3 tablespoons (about 5 minutes).
6. Fill each endive leaf with:
7. 1 orange section (optional) 1 teaspoon cheese 1 teaspoon walnuts 1 or 2 dried cranberries
8. Arrange on a plate.
9. Drizzle the vinegar mixture evenly over the leaves.
10. Add black pepper and chives (optional).
11. I like the taste of the cranberries, cheese, walnuts with the balsamic reduction, so that is how I usually make it.
12. But I have also had them with the orange slices and chives.
13. Be creative.
14. Change out the cheese for blue cheese.
15. Try different combos.
16. Also, if you have no endive leaves, use a different leaf (romaine hearts, etc.
17. ).
18. Or make it into a salad with these toppings.
19. There are so many option.

walnuts, honey, balsamic vinigar, orange juice, endive, orange sections, goat cheese, cranberries, chives, black crack pepper

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/endive-boats-e28093-stuffed-with-goat-cheese-and-walnuts/ (may not work)