Endive Au Gratin | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 600 millilitres full fat milk
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 black peppercorns
• 1 small onion (sliced)
• 2 parsley stalks (if you have them)
• 80 grams unsalted butter
• 4 heads of white chicory
• 50 grams plain flour
• 200 grams Comté (grated)
• 4 slices of cooked ham
• freshly grated nutmeg (to taste)
• cayenne pepper (to taste)
• salt and freshly ground black pepper