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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

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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

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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 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.

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.

Keeping

Best eaten as soon as it is ready.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,871 Kcal or 12,020 Kj	321 gr	2,376 gr	262 gr
144 %	123 %	224 %	40 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
163 Kcal or 682 Kj	18 gr	135 gr	15 gr
8 %	7 %	13 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
359 Kcal or 1,503 Kj	40 gr	297 gr	33 gr
18 %	15 %	28 %	5 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 3.15 €
Per person : 0.39 €

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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: Individual creamy endive gratins, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Gratin du Nord, Flamiche, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: French toast "cordon bleu", Hamburgers, Kérinou slices, Springtime mixed salad, Langres-style spinach, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Herb salad, Prawn salad with a crunch, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Greek style sandwiches, Norwegian tartines, Croque-monsieur complet, Tournedos Rossini, Polpete, ... All

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