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.
7,5433.6/5 for 5 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: May 12th 2019
For 4 people, you will need:
- 0
1 spring onion (scallion) - 1
500 g endives (head of chicory) - 2
2 slices bread - 3
50 g cheese - 4
2 tablespoons olive oil - 5
chives - 6
5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) - Total weight: 880 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 24 min. | 7 min. | 31 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
Best eaten as soon as it is ready.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Thinly slice 1 spring onion (scallion).
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare 500 g endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Cut 2 slices bread into small cubes.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Dice the cheese as well.
Stage 5 - 7 min.
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.
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.
Add some freshly chopped chives, then 5 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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,095 Kcal or 4,585 Kj | 26 gr | 101 gr | 98 gr |
| 55 % | 10 % | 10 % | 15 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 124 Kcal or 519 Kj | 3 gr | 12 gr | 11 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 274 Kcal or 1,147 Kj | 6 gr | 25 gr | 24 gr |
| 14 % | 2 % | 2 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 1.57 €
- Per person : 0.39 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
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: Thin endive tart, Comtoise endive salad, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Individual creamy endive gratins, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, ... All |
| Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Poitevin twist, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Grilled cheese, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crunchy spring salad, Cubed salad, Springtime mixed salad, Herb salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, ... All |
| Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Langoustine and leek tarts, Chicken club sandwich, Maroilles cheese quiche, Spinach brik parcels, Ratatouille, ... All |
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