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.
38K 6 3.7
Last modified on: May 12th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
3 spring onions (scallions) - 2
1 litre 500 ml endives (head of chicory) - 3
6 slices bread - 4
150 mls cheese - 5
6 tablespoons olive oil - 6
chives - 7
15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
How long does 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 3 spring onions (scallions).
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare 1 litre 500 ml 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.
Keeping
Best eaten as soon as it is ready.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,256 Kcal or 13,632 Kj | 80 gr | 304 gr | 293 gr |
| 163 % | 31 % | 29 % | 44 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 123 Kcal or 515 Kj | 3 gr | 12 gr | 11 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 271 Kcal or 1,135 Kj | 7 gr | 25 gr | 24 gr |
| 14 % | 3 % | 2 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 4.72 €
- 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: Thin endive tart, Comtoise endive salad, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Endives , Ham and endives au gratin, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: French toast "cordon bleu", Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Winemaker's toast, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cornouaillaise salad, Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Cajun-style lentil salad, Alsatian-style salad, Jerusalem artichoke salad, ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Montbenoit's canapés, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Italian toast, Paimpol salad, Julia salad, ... All |
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