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 12th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
2 spring onions (scallions) - 2
0 kg 4 g endives (head of chicory) - 3
4 slices bread - 4
½ cup cheese - 5
4 tablespoons olive oil - 6
chives - 7
10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 24 min.
Cooking: 7 min.
All in all: 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 0 kg 4 g 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 | 320 120 % | 2,380 220 % | 260 40 % | 2,870 140 % | 12,020 140 % |
| Per 100 g | 20 7 % | 130 10 % | 10 2 % | 160 8 % | 680 8 % |
| Per person | 40 20 % | 300 30 % | 30 5 % | 360 20 % | 1,500 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 3.15 €
- Per person : 0.39 €
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)
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Cheese
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French dressing (vinaigrette)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and purple-sprouting broccoli salad, Polish-style beetroot salad, Crunchy radish and carrot salad, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Red cabbage salad with chives, ... See them all 64
Bread
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushrooms on toast, French style, Nanou's red cabbage salad, Montbenoit's canapés, Montlebon toast, Quail egg canapés, ... See them all 67
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