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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.

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Last modified on: May 12^th 2019

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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

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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.

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.

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 3.15 €
Per person : 0.39 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Comtoise endive salad, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Ham and endives au gratin, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Comtoise endive salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Asparagus and spinach gratin, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Pork Chops with Rosemary, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm chicken salad, Avocado, artichoke and chicken salad, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Cervelas salad, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Broad bean salad with Parmesan, Small ratatouille with , Bruschetta and mozzarella, Croque-monsieur potatoes, Brussels sprouts salad with smoked trout and Comté cheese, ... All

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