Fiddlehead & ham casserole
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter |
| 4 | tablespoons | Flour |
| 2 | cups | Milk |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | tablespoon | Chopped parsley |
| 1 | teaspoon | Chopped chives |
| 1½ | cup | Ham; diced and cooked |
| 3 | cups | Fiddlehead ferns; cooked |
| Buttered crumbs | ||
Directions
Make a white sauce of butter, flour, milk and salt. Add parsley and chives to sauce.
In a casserole, alternate layers of ham, cooked fiddleheads, and white sauce until dish is filled, ending with a layer of sauce.
Cover top of casserole with buttered crumbs; bake at 350 degrees F until sauce bubbles and crumbs are browned (about 30 minutes).
From "The Wild Flavor" by Marilyn Kluger. Los Angeles: Jeremy P.
Tarcher, Inc., 1984. Pg. 249. ISBN 0-87477-338-5. Posted by Cathy Harned.