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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

For 2 people, you will need:

0 ½ spring onion (scallion)
1 250 g endives (head of chicory)
2 1 slice bread
3 25 g cheese
4 1 tablespoon olive oil
5 chives
6 3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 448 grams

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

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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.

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

Thinly slice ½ spring onion (scallion).

Stage 2 - 10 min.

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

Prepare 250 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 1 slice 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 1 tablespoon 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 3 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
597 Kcal or 2,500 Kj	13 gr	51 gr	54 gr
30 %	5 %	5 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
133 Kcal or 557 Kj	3 gr	11 gr	12 gr
7 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
298 Kcal or 1,248 Kj	6 gr	25 gr	27 gr
15 %	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 2 people : 0.81 €
Per person : 0.41 €

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Source

Home made.

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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: How to prepare endives , Thin endive tart, Endives , Comtoise endive salad, Flamiche, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Truffade, French toast "cordon bleu", Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Corn salad with croutons, Warm autumn salad, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Cervelas salad, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs meurette, Croque-monsieur gourmand, Winemaker's toast, Montlebon toast, French onion soup, ... All

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