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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

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 those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	7 min.	31 min.

Keeping: Best eaten as soon as it is ready.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #1

Thinly slice 2 spring onions (scallions).

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #2

Prepare 1 kg endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #3

Cut 4 slices bread into small cubes.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #4

Dice the cheese as well.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #5

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.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #6

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

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,191 Kcal or 9,173 Kj	47 gr	171 gr	195 gr
110 %	18 %	16 %	30 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
124 Kcal or 519 Kj	3 gr	10 gr	11 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
274 Kcal or 1,147 Kj	6 gr	21 gr	24 gr
14 %	2 %	2 %	4 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 3.12 €
Per person : 0.39 €

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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, Flamiche, Individual creamy endive gratins, Endive and beer soup, Endive and walnut salad, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Hamburgers, Poitevin twist, Filo leeks and cheese tart, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Springtime mixed salad, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm Leek and Potato Salad, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Cubed salad, Crunchy spring salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Olive and pesto bread, Penne with Mushrooms, Moussaka, Fried egg in bread, Potato galette, ... All

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