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Bistro-style endive salad

This delicious late-winter salad is made with red endives, slivers of Mimolette* cheese and toasted walnuts. In France it is known as a "Dutch" salad and typical bistro fare.

*Currently banned in the USA.

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Last modified on: March 27^th 2022

Keywords for this recipe:Dutch Salad Bistro Endives Mimolette Walnuts

For 4 people, you will need:

1 10 red Belgian endives
2 50 g Mimolette
3 chives
4 50 g walnuts
5 French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 800 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
22 min.	5 min.	27 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Bistro-style endive salad : Photo of step #1

Prepare 10 red Belgian endives, shred and put in a salad bowl.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Bistro-style endive salad : Photo of step #2

Add 50 g Mimolette cut into slivers with a vegetable peeler.

Add the finely chopped chives, mix well and cover the bowl with a plate while you toast the nuts..

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Bistro-style endive salad : Photo of step #3

Coarsely chop 50 g walnuts.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Bistro-style endive salad : Photo of step #4

Tip into a small frying pan on medium heat and dry roast them, stirring frequently.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Bistro-style endive salad : Photo of step #5

When the walnuts have cooled, add them to the salad. Add French dressing (vinaigrette) and mix well.

Remarks

Use mature Mimolette if you can for a superior flavour. If you cannot get Mimolette, use another hard, full-flavoured cheese such as Parmesan.

Keeping

1 day at most in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
636 Kcal or 2,663 Kj	27 gr	36 gr	43 gr
32 %	10 %	3 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
79 Kcal or 331 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	5 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
159 Kcal or 666 Kj	7 gr	9 gr	11 gr
8 %	3 %	1 %	2 %

% 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 : 3.65 €
Per person : 0.91 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Walnuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Jura bread, Caramelised walnuts, Poitevin twist, ... All
	Mimolette: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Pea and avocado salad, Leek and Mimolette tart, ... All
	Red Belgian endive: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Red endive appetizers, Bistro-style red endive salad, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leeks in vinaigrette , Comtoise endive salad, Mixed tomato salad, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Mixed salad stack, ... All

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