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.
7,5623.6/5 for 5 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: May 12th 2019
For 12 people, you will need:
- 0
3 spring onions (scallions) - 1
1 kg 500 g endives (head of chicory) - 2
6 slices bread - 3
150 g cheese - 4
6 tablespoons olive oil - 5
chives - 6
15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) - Total weight: 2,640 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 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.
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.
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 |
| 3,286 Kcal or 13,758 Kj | 77 gr | 304 gr | 293 gr |
| 164 % | 30 % | 29 % | 44 % |
| 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 12 people : 4.72 €
- 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: Thin endive tart, Individual creamy endive gratins, How to prepare endives , Endives , Comtoise endive salad, ... All |
| Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Aligot, Kérinou slices, Truffade, Potato wallets, 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 salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Mixed tomato salad, Warm chicken salad, Warm autumn salad, French bean salad with vinaigrette , ... All |
| Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs in tomato shells, Koulibiak in pie dish, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Two-olive ciabatta, Leek and tuna loaf, ... All |
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