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.
11,7883.6/5 for 5 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: May 12th 2019
For 8 people, you will need:
- 0
2 spring onions (scallions) - 1
1 kg endives (head of chicory) - 2
4 slices bread - 3
100 g cheese - 4
4 tablespoons olive oil - 5
chives - 6
10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) - Total weight: 1,760 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 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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,191 Kcal or 9,173 Kj | 51 gr | 203 gr | 195 gr |
| 110 % | 20 % | 19 % | 30 % |
| 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 8 people : 3.15 €
- 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: Comtoise endive salad, How to prepare endives , Endives , Endive and beer soup, Flamiche, ... All |
| Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: French toast "cordon bleu", Poitevin twist, Grilled cheese, Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Sliced cauliflower with 3 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, Comtoise endive salad, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Cubed salad, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, ... All |
| Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Guacamole, Italian style gratin, Special Parmesan baguettes, Scallops with fondue of leeks, Tomato meat balls, ... All |
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