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 4 people, you will need:
- 1
1 spring onion (scallion) - 2
500 ml endives (head of chicory) - 3
2 slices bread - 4
50 ml cheese - 5
2 tablespoons olive oil - 6
chives - 7
5 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 1 spring onion (scallion).
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Prepare 500 ml endives (head of chicory) and shred by slicing thinly.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Cut 2 slices bread into small cubes.
Stage 4 - 4 min.
Dice the cheese as well.
Stage 5 - 7 min.
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.
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.
Add some freshly chopped chives, then 5 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 |
| 1,435 Kcal or 6,008 Kj | 161 gr | 1,188 gr | 131 gr |
| 72 % | 62 % | 112 % | 20 % |
| 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 4 people : 1.57 €
- 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: Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Endives "bonne femme", Gratin du Nord, Endive and walnut salad, Thin endive tart, ... All |
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Aligot, Filo leeks and cheese tart, Winemaker's toast, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lentil and cold-meat salad, Mixed tomato salad, White asparagus salad, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Warm Leek and Potato Salad, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Green parsley sauce, Fish in a sesame crust, Pan bagnat, Endives "bonne femme", ... All |
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