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 12th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
½ spring onion (scallion) - 2
1 cup endives (head of chicory) - 3
1 slice bread - 4
2 tablespoons cheese - 5
1 tablespoon olive oil - 6
chives - 7
3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
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 ½ spring onion (scallion).
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare 1 cup endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Cut 1 slice bread into small cubes.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Dice the cheese as well.
Stage 5 - 7 min.
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.
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.
Add some freshly chopped chives, then 3 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 |
| 592 Kcal or 2,479 Kj | 13 gr | 51 gr | 54 gr |
| 30 % | 5 % | 5 % | 8 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 132 Kcal or 553 Kj | 3 gr | 11 gr | 12 gr |
| 7 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 296 Kcal or 1,239 Kj | 7 gr | 25 gr | 27 gr |
| 15 % | 3 % | 2 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 0.81 €
- Per person : 0.41 €
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: Flamiche, Endive and beer soup, Ham and endives au gratin, Thin endive tart, Comtoise endive salad, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur complet, Langres-style spinach, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Pork Chops with Rosemary, Aligot, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm lentil salad, Raw green asparagus salad, Rice and fresh spinach salad, Warm haricot bean salad, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bruschetta, Baby spinach salad, Home-made breadcrumb coating, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Ham and cheese slices with spring onions, ... All |
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