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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 12 people, you will need:

1 3 spring onions (scallions)
2 1 kg 500 g endives (head of chicory)
3 6 slices bread
4 150 g cheese
5 6 tablespoons olive oil
6 chives
7 15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 2,640 grams

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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 3 spring onions (scallions).

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare 1 kg 500 g endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Cut 6 slices bread into small cubes.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Dice the cheese as well.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Pour 6 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 15 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
4,306 Kcal or 18,028 Kj	482 gr	3,563 gr	393 gr
215 %	185 %	336 %	60 %

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 12 people : 4.72 €
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: Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Ham and endives au gratin, Gratin du Nord, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Endives , ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Pork Chops with Rosemary, Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cajun-style lentil salad, Chicken club sandwich, Warm autumn salad, Cubed salad, Salad greens and small omelette, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French onion soup, Corn salad with croutons, Italian toast, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, Auvergnat tartines, ... All