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.
Course Appetizer, Salad, Starter
Cuisine European, French
Keyword Endive salad with cheese, Endives, French endive salad, Red wine vinegar dressing
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Author Nicolas Pujol
Ingredients
5 to 6endiveswashed
~3 ounces of aged cheese like comtegruyere, emmental, manchego - cut into small cubes
A handful of fresh parsley leavescoarsely chopped
For the red wine vinegar dressing:
3tablespoonsof olive oil
3tablespoonsof 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.