Simple Endive Salad With Cheese Food

ENDIVE SALAD WITH BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk together garlic and yogurt in a medium bowl. Add olive oil, salt and pepper and whisk together. Add blue cheese or Roquefort and Dijon mustard and whisk together until mixture is fairly smooth, with a few lumps of cheese.
• Trim away the very end of the endives and cut lengthwise into quarters. Arrange on a platter or on individual plates and spoon on dressing. Top with chives and finely diced apple, and serve.

ENDIVE AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Puree 1/3 cup blue cheese, 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt and 3 tablespoons milk in a blender. Stir in some chopped chives, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Slice 4 heads endive lengthwise; toss with the dressing. Top with toasted walnuts, dried cranberries and more blue cheese and chives.

ENDIVE SALAD WITH CANDIED PECANS AND MAYTAG BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Arrange endive leaves on a serving platter. Top with candied nuts and blue cheese. In a small bowl or jar, combine vinegar, oil and mustard. Whisk or shake jar to combine. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Drizzle mixture over salad and serve.

WARM ENDIVE SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat grill pan or large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
• Brush endive on both sides with oil, season with salt and pepper then grill until dark around edges and endives are tender; about 3 minutes on each side. Arrange grilled endives on platter. Sprinkle the endive with white wine vinegar. Keep a finger over the top of bottle to control the flow if the bottle does not have a jigger top. Arrange walnut bits and grapes around the platter and serve.

ENDIVE AND ASIAGO SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk oil and lemon juice in small bowl. Season dressing with salt and pepper. Place endive, arugula, green onions, and cheese in large bowl. Pour dressing over; toss. Season with salt and pepper.

ENDIVE AND APPLE SALAD

Steps:

• To make dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, juice and honey. Season with salt.
• In a small sauté pan, toast the pecans over medium heat. Allow to cool.
• Mix together the endive, arugula, apple and cherries (or cranberries) in a medium-size bowl. Toss with enough dressing to coat. Top with the pecans and goat cheese (optional).

BLUE-CHEESE STEAK AND ENDIVE SALAD FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir together butter, blue cheese and shallot, and set aside.
• Season steaks well with salt and pepper on both sides and set aside.
• Meanwhile, assemble your salad: In a large bowl, gently toss together the endive leaves, radishes and fennel. In a small bowl, whisk together the white-wine vinegar, orange zest, olive oil, parsley leaves, chives and tarragon, season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Heat a large cast-iron pan over medium-high heat until very hot, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the canola oil. When it shimmers, add the hanger steak and let it cook, undisturbed, until it begins to crisp and brown on one side, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and finish cooking about 3 minutes more or until a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part reads 130 degrees for medium-rare.
• Move the steak to a cutting board, and spread with 2 tablespoons or so of the blue cheese butter and let rest 5 to 7 minutes. Slice steaks against the grain and finish with flaky salt, if desired. Plate the steak and serve with the salad alongside, spooning the dressing on top of the salad.

ENDIVE AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD WITH SOY-SHERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Combine the endive, apples, blue cheese, onions, walnuts and tarragon in a medium mixing bowl. Add the Soy-Sherry Vinaigrette (use as much or as little as desired) and season with salt and pepper.
• Puree the sherry vinegar, soy sauce, Dijon mustard, shallots and egg yolk in a blender. With the motor running, emulsify the oil into the mixture. Season with black pepper (the salt from the soy will be enough to season the vinaigrette).

ENDIVE SALAD WITH CANDIED WALNUTS, ORANGE CARAMEL DRESSING AND BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Arrange the walnuts on a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and place in the center of the oven. Toast until the nuts are golden brown, really toasted, 5 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Spray a parchment paper-lined baking sheet with nonstick spray. In a large saute pan, heat the sugar over medium heat until it melts and turns a light amber color, 5 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle the walnuts in a single layer over the caramel. Spray a rubber spatula with nonstick spray and stir the nuts, quickly but carefully, to coat with the caramel. Transfer the nuts from the pan onto the prepared baking sheet, sprinkling the nuts so they separate as they land on the parchment. Season with salt.
• To the pan with the residual caramel, add the vinegar and orange juice. Warm the pan, whisking until the caramel, vinegar and orange juice are well combined. Remove from the heat. Whisk in the mustard and oil. Adjust the seasoning.
• Arrange the endive and radicchio leaves in a single layer on a family-style large platter. Intersperse the orange segments and walnuts with the endive and radicchio. Season with salt to taste. Drizzle with all of the dressing. Top with the blue cheese and parsley. Serve immediately.

ENDIVE AND PEAR SALAD WITH GORGONZOLA CREAM DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk 3 tablespoons vinegar, oil and honey in a large bowl to blend.
• Add endive and pear and toss to coat.
• Blend sour cream, yogurt and remaining1 tablespoons of cider vinegar in medium bowl; mix in cheese.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Mound salad on plater and top with dressing, then nuts and chives.

ENDIVE SALAD WITH LEMON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For dressing:
• Puree fresh lemon juice and chopped garlic in blender or food processor. With machine running, gradually add olive oil and blend until smooth. Add grated Parmesan cheese and blend until thickened. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover dressing tightly and refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread bread slices with olivada. Place bread on cookie sheet. Bake until crisp and brown, about 10 minutes. Remove bread from oven and cool. Cut into 1-inch cubes.
• For salad:
• Combine greens in large bowl. Toss with vinaigrette dressing. Sprinkle salad with pine nuts and croutons and serve.

ENDIVE SALAD WITH WALNUTS AND ROQUEFORT CHEESE

Steps:

• Remove the outside leaves from the endives, separate the other leaves and cut them into pieces of around 1 to 1.5 inches into a salad bowl.
• Roughly crumble the Roquefort cheese into small pieces as well as half of walnut halves. Put both on the endives.
• Make your vinaigrette. In a bowl mix salt, pepper, and mustard. Solwly add the vinegar and then the oils, always mixing.
• When ready to serve, pour the vinaigrette on the salad, mix the whole together, evenly share out salad among the individual ear-dish and finally share on tops the left walnut halves as well.

ENDIVE SALAD WITH APPLE, GOAT CHEESE AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Toast walnuts in a toaster oven at 375ºF for a few minutes. Be careful not to burn them!
• In a bowl, place yogurt, mustard and honey and mix well.
• Add chopped apple pieces and sprinkle lemon juice. Mix again.
• Add walnuts, endive, cheese, salt and pepper and mix.
• Infuse love, refrigerate for a couple of hours or longer and serve.

ENDIVE SALAD WITH BEETS AND BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut the tops off the beets and set them aside. Bake the beets in their skins until tender (about one hour). Remove from the oven, cool and peel.
• Meanwhile, slice the endive leaves longways and arrange them in a fan-like circle on a round platter. Chop the beet leaves and saute them in olive oil until wilted. Season with salt and pepper and mound them in the center when cooled. Chop the beets and place them in a circle around the greens.
• Crumble the blue cheese and sprinkle it over the endive leaves. Sprinkle on the walnuts and the parsley.
• Combine the ingredients for the salad dressing in a small bowl. Season to taste, remove the garlic, pour the dressing over the vegetables and serve.

ENDIVE, BLUE CHEESE, POMEGRANATE SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whick together mustard, large pinch of salt, large pinch of pepper and a pinch of sugar.
• Add vinegar and whisk to combine.
• While whisking, drizzle in oil and whisk until emulsified.
• Add blue cheese and stir gently to combine.
• Pour dressing over the endive and pomegranate seeds and toss.

ENDIVE, BLUE CHEESE, PECAN AND CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• To make the salad: toast the pecans on a baking tray at 350F for 5-10 minutes - don't leave them as they burn easily. When cool, chop or crumble them roughly.
• Trim the endive and separate the leaves
• To make the dressing; Put all the ingredients for the dressing in a jar with a tight- fitting lid and shake vigorously to combine. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Combine the cheese, nuts and cranberries in a bowl and toss with a little dressing.
• To assemble the salad; add the endive leaves to the salad leaves and toss with the remaining dressing. Add the cheese, nuts and cranberries and serve stratight away.