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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.

6,6103.6/5 for 5 ratings

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Last modified on: May 12^th 2019

For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 spring onion (scallion)
2 2 cups + 2 tablespoons endives (head of chicory)
3 2 slices bread
4 ¼ cup cheese
5 2 tablespoons olive oil
6 chives
7 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	7 min.	31 min.

Keeping: Best eaten as soon as it is ready.

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Stage 1 - 5 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #1

Thinly slice 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #2

Prepare 2 cups + 2 tablespoons endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #3

Cut 2 slices bread into small cubes.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #4

Dice the cheese as well.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #5

Pour 2 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.

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #6

Put the endives, onions, croutons and cheese into a salad bowl.

Add some freshly chopped chives, then 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.

Stage 7

Endive and cheese salad with croutons : Photo of step #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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,095 Kcal or 4,585 Kj	24 gr	85 gr	98 gr
55 %	9 %	8 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
124 Kcal or 519 Kj	3 gr	10 gr	11 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
274 Kcal or 1,147 Kj	6 gr	21 gr	24 gr
14 %	2 %	2 %	4 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 1.56 €
Per person : 0.39 €

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Source

Home made.

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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: Endive and beer soup, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Flamiche, Comtoise endive salad, Thin endive tart, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Potato wallets, Involtini-Style Filet Mignon , Poitevin twist, Croque-monsieur complet, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mixed salad stack, Mixed tomato salad, Beetroot salad with cashew nuts, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Prawn salad with a crunch, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian toast, Pan con tomate, Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Melting Epoisses on toast , Spinach on toast with bechamel, ... All

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