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Comtoise endive salad

Name: Comtoise endive salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 400 g endives (head of chicory); 150 g small pieces of smoked bacon; 1 tablespoon oil; 150 g Comté cheese; Parsley; 5 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette)

This endive salad has a Comtoise twist as a change from the usual pairing of endives with walnuts.

The endives are finely sliced, mixed with fried smoked bacon, diced Comté cheese and a little chopped parsley, then dessed with a good vinaigrette.

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Duration

38 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 30^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 400 g endives (head of chicory)
2 150 g small pieces of smoked bacon
3 1 tablespoon oil
4 150 g Comté cheese
5 Parsley
6 5 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 790 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

8 min.

All in all

38 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 8 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Prepare 400 g endives (head of chicory).

Step 2 - ⌛ 6 min.

Slice finely.

Step 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

Put into a salad bowl.

Step 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cut smoked bacon into small lardons, or use 150 g small pieces of smoked bacon.

Step 5 - ⌛ 8 min.

Fry the lardons in a frying pan on high heat in 1 tablespoon oil.

Set aside.

Step 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cut 150 g Comté cheese into small dice.

Step 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

Tip the lardons and their cooking fat into the endives. Add the diced Comté, the chopped parsley and 5 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette).

Mix well and it's ready.

Remarks

If you don't have Comté, use Gruyère or another similar cheese instead.

It is not essential to include the bacon fat. This can be left out if you prefer, though the salad will have less flavour.

Don't worry if your bacon is unsmoked, though do try to use it to keep with the "Comtois" spirit.

Keeping: Should be eaten the day it is made.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	8 g RDI=12 %	3 g RDI=1 %	23 g RDI=32 %	251 kcal RDI=13 %	1,051 kJ RDI=13 %
Per person	16 g RDI=24 %	5 g RDI=2 %	46 g RDI=63 %	495 kcal RDI=25 %	2,072 kJ RDI=25 %
Whole recipe	63 g RDI=96 %	21 g RDI=8 %	183 g RDI=251 %	1,980 kcal RDI=99 %	8,289 kJ RDI=99 %