Endive is a really tasty and versatile vegetable, that we use a lot in French cuisine.

To celebrate it I thought that I should share with you one of my favourite salad recipe (it is so straightforward that I am not really sure that this qualifies as a proper recipe but it is soooo delicious that it is well worth sharing!): la salade d’endives -endive salad-.

It is a really crunchy salad, with a subtle taste, which works wonderfully with walnuts (in pieces or walnut oil – see recipe) and allows powerful combinations such as blue cheese and pears…  I personally usually eat mine as a side with walnut oil as part of the dressing… miammm… 

My husband and I love salad. I eat it mostly as a side for lunch and, as I explained in my mum’s vinaigrette dressing post, in France, a bowl of green salad may well be provided at every meal. At home, our little ones are into raw carrots, cucumbers… but only slowly starting lettuce, raw chicory… one step at a time :-) 

Bon appetit! 

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Salade d'endives SQ

Salade d'endives -endive salad-

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: French
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4

Salade d'endives - endive salad - is a really crunchy salad, with a subtle taste, which works wonderfully with walnuts.

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Ingredients

  • 4 medium endives washed and chopped (stalk removed)
  • vinaigrette dressing using walnut oil instead of olive oil
  • optional: pieces of walnut crumbles of blue cheese, pieces of pear

Instructions

  1. Make your vinaigrette in a large bowl.
  2. Poor over the chopped endives and all the other optional ingredients (walnut, blue cheese, pear).
  3. Combine everything just before serving.

PS: I initially wanted to take a “standard” salad picture but when I saw the endive beautifully unfolding as a flower I could not resist to give a go at a more artistic shot, I hope you will enjoy this unconventional picture :-) 

PPS: If you feel inspired by endives check out this other recipe on my blog: Endives au jambon – Ham wrapped endives gratin –.