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.
54 K 3.7/5 (6 reviews)
35 min.
Easy
8 people
7 IngredientsLast modified on: May 12th 2019
For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
2 spring onions (scallions) - 2
1 kg endives (head of chicory) - 3
4 slices bread - 4
100 g cheese - 5
4 tablespoons olive oil - 6
chives - 7
10 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette) - Total weight: 1,760 grams
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 7 min.
All in all: 35 min.
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Thinly slice 2 spring onions (scallions).
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare 1 kg endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Cut 4 slices bread into small cubes.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Dice the cheese as well.
Stage 5 - 7 min.
Pour 4 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 10 tablespoons french dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.
Add some freshly chopped chives, then 10 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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 320 RDI=120 % | 2,380 RDI=220 % | 260 RDI=40 % | 2,870 RDI=140 % | 12,020 RDI: 140 % |
| Per 100 g | 20 RDI=7 % | 130 RDI=10 % | 10 RDI=2 % | 160 RDI=8 % | 680 RDI: 8 % |
| Per person | 40 RDI=20 % | 300 RDI=30 % | 30 RDI=5 % | 360 RDI=20 % | 1,500 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : £2.75
- Per person : £0.35
Change currency: 
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)
Like these other recipes: Endive and beer soup, Endives , Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Individual creamy endive gratins, Endive and walnut salad, ... See them all 15
Cheese
Like these other recipes: Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , The strange gratin, Eggs in brioche nests, Filo leeks and cheese tart, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, ... See them all 30
French dressing (vinaigrette)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and fresh spinach salad, Cubed salad, Salad lyonnaise, Comtoise endive salad, Harichou salad, ... See them all 70
Bread
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Winemaker's toast, bread-crust quiche, Italian toast, Mushrooms on toast, French style, Baby spinach salad, ... See them all 74
Other recipes you may also like
4 pears salad with vanilla
It's a very easy recipe, everything depends on the choice of differents kinds of pears all fully ripe, to give a delicious contrast in the mouth. February 21th 2011235 K4.2 40 min.
Vanilla sugar
Almost essential in patisserie, you can find it in expensive little sachets of about 10g. It's necessary to distinguish between the vanilla sugar which really contains vanilla, and vanillin sugar, purely chemical which has never seen a vanilla pod. Here is how to quickly make a whole jar full of your own vanilla sugar. August 12th 2018428 K 15 30 min.
Almond cream
Light and delicious, it is used in a lot of desserts like tarts, cakes and pies (epiphany galette). August 31th 2025467 K 25 35 min.
Chocolate sauce
This rich smooth chocolate sauce, with its full flavour, is one of the indispensable ingredients of profiteroles, but it can be used with many others desserts. February 21th 2011314 K 24 35 min.
Fruit coulis (fruit purée)
Contrary to what people usually think, coulis is not just a simple fruit purée with sugar. Of course, this is the general principle, but it's possible to make something much better and more refined. This recipe is for a strawberry coulis (see below for other fruits): how to make it, but also how freeze it. October 20th 2012786 K 43 25 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2025-09-07)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.