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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.

4,1033.5/5 for 4 ratings

Last modified on: May 12^th 2019

For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 spring onion (scallion)
2 500 g endives (head of chicory)
3 2 slices bread
4 50 g cheese
5 2 tablespoons olive oil
6 chives
7 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 880 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	7 min.	31 min.

Keeping: Best eaten as soon as it is ready.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #1

Thinly slice 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #2

Prepare 500 g endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #3

Cut 2 slices bread into small cubes.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #4

Dice the cheese as well.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #5

Pour 2 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.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #6

Put the endives, onions, croutons and cheese into a salad bowl.

Add some freshly chopped chives, then 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.

Stage 7

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,388 Kcal or 5,811 Kj	26 gr	101 gr	98 gr
69 %	10 %	10 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
158 Kcal or 662 Kj	3 gr	12 gr	11 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
347 Kcal or 1,453 Kj	6 gr	25 gr	24 gr
17 %	2 %	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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 1.56 €
Per person : 0.39 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Endive and walnut salad, Endive and beer soup, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Flamiche, Comtoise endive salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Poitevin twist, Filo leeks and cheese tart, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Comtoise endive salad, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Warm autumn salad, Crunchy spring salad, White asparagus salad, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Montbenoit's canapés, Croque-monsieur complet, Corn salad with croutons, Montlebon toast, Warm haricot bean salad, ... All

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