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Simple endive salad with cheese

Easy, tasty and refreshing endive salad recipe. This easy salad recipe is made with sliced Belgian endives, aged cheese, parsley, and red wine vinaigrette dressing. Recipe contributed by Nicolas Pujol.

Easy endive salad recipe

This simple and refreshing endive salad with aged cheese is an easy to make French style salad. It combines the lightness of endives and their refreshing crunchiness, with the depth and substance of aged cheese. This endive salad recipe is made with sliced Belgian endives, a nice aged cheese like comte/gruyere/emmental, fresh parsley, and red wine vinaigrette dressing. Belgian endives are a chicory leaf salad vegetable; they have an oval shape and a pale yellow/white color. Their flavor is slightly bittersweet, which is perfect for combining with cheese.

Simple endive salad with cheese


When I was a kid my mom made this dish, it was simple to prepare and was a change from the usual salad. She would cut the endives in small slices, which made it easy for kids to eat without using a knife. Many of our salads used lemon or vinegar in the dressing. Endives were no exception. I recommend a vinegar dressing as it matches better with the taste of cheese – like red wine.

French endive salad with cheese

You can find Belgian endives, the variety typically used for this salad, at your local grocery store in every season. For this recipe you can use any cheese aged more than 6 months, such as gruyere, emmental, comté, manchego, etc. There are many variations of endive salads, which highlights the versatility of endives, and you can also use a blue cheese, such as roquefort or gorgonzola. This salad can be served as a side salad or as an appetizer salad.

Endive salad with cheese

Simple endive salad with cheese

This simple endive salad with cheese is a tasty and refreshing salad; it’s made with sliced Belgian endives, aged cheese, parsley, and red wine vinaigrette dressing.
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Course: Appetizer, Salad, Starter
Cuisine: European, French
Keyword: Endive salad with cheese, Endives, French endive salad, Red wine vinegar dressing
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Nicolas Pujol

Ingredients

  • 5 to 6 endives washed
  • ~3 ounces of aged cheese like comte gruyere, emmental, manchego – cut into small cubes
  • A handful of fresh parsley leaves coarsely chopped

For the red wine vinegar dressing:

  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Cut and remove about 1/2 inch from the bottom of the endives and cut them into slices, about 2-3 inches each. You can also slice the hearts or centers into halves or quarters.
  • Rinse the sliced endives once more to eliminate any dirt left in between the layers and then dry using a lettuce spinner
  • For the red wine vinaigrette, combine the olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper in a small bowl and mix well using a fork. You can also combine them in small jar with a tight lid and shake to mix well.
  • Place the endives in a salad bowl, add the aged cheese cubes, and the chopped parsley. Drizzle with the red wine vinegar dressing, mix/toss the salad, and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g

Step by step photos for endive salad with cheese:

Ingredients for endive salad
Sliced endives for salad
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Add the cheese cubes and parsley to the salad
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