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 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 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 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 |
| 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 % |
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: Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Endives "bonne femme", Thin endive tart, Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Butterfly pasta with smoked trout, Aligot, Winemaker's toast, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Hamburgers, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Prawn salad with a crunch, Warm autumn salad, Baby spinach salad, Salad paysanne, Cervelas salad, ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Julia salad, bread-crust quiche, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, ... All |
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