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)
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| 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 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
| 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 % |
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): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Comtoise endive salad, Endives "bonne femme", Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Thin endive tart, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Eggs in brioche nests, Poitevin twist, Potato and cheese pie, French toast "cordon bleu", Croque-monsieur complet, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Springtime mixed salad, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Corn salad with croutons, Chicken club sandwich, French bean salad with vinaigrette , ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Bruschetta and mozzarella, Tournedos Rossini, Julia salad, Greek style sandwiches, ... All |
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