Endive and cheese salad with croutons
This starts out as a classic salad of shredded endives, but is pepped up with sliced spring onions, fried croutons and chunks of cheese.
38K 6 3.7
Last modified on: May 12th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
2 spring onions (scallions) - 2
1 kg endives (head of chicory) - 3
4 slices bread - 4
100 g cheese - 5
4 tablespoons olive oil - 6
chives - 7
10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) - Total weight: 1,760 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 24 min. | 7 min. | 31 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Thinly slice 2 spring onions (scallions).
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare 1 kg endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Cut 4 slices bread into small cubes.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Dice the cheese as well.
Stage 5 - 7 min.
Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the bread cubes and fry until browned, stirring frequently.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Put the endives, onions, croutons and cheese into a salad bowl.
Add some freshly chopped chives, then 10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.
Add some freshly chopped chives, then 10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.
Stage 7
Serve fairly quickly while the croutons are still crunchy.
Remarks
Use whatever cheese you have to hand or prefer, as this recipe is very flexible.
Instead of the olive oil, you can use clarified butter to give the bread a more marked flavour.
Instead of the olive oil, you can use clarified butter to give the bread a more marked flavour.
Keeping
Best eaten as soon as it is ready.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,171 Kcal or 9,090 Kj | 53 gr | 203 gr | 195 gr |
| 109 % | 20 % | 19 % | 30 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 123 Kcal or 515 Kj | 3 gr | 12 gr | 11 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 271 Kcal or 1,135 Kj | 7 gr | 25 gr | 24 gr |
| 14 % | 3 % | 2 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 3.15 €
- Per person : 0.39 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Endives "bonne femme", Endive and beer soup, How to prepare endives , Thin endive tart, Flamiche, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pork Chops with Rosemary, Kérinou slices, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Crunchy spring salad, Crunchy radish and carrot salad, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Corn salad with croutons, ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and egg frichti, Montbenoit's canapés, Panzanella, Comtoise endive salad, Bread with Tomato , ... All |
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