Holiday Salad Recipes using Endive

Bring on the dinner parties and holiday events, I love to entertain and to attend parties that are pot luck so I can experiment with different recipes. I recently received a generous supply of California Endive, a bottle of Olive Oil  and bottle Rios de Chile wines and asked to create a holiday entertaining post.

While I love to make desserts, I am not on Chopped and will not try to come up with something sweet so I will be sharing some holiday salad recipes using endive. 

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WHAT IS ENDIVE USED FOR?

If you have never had endive you are missing out on a diverse lettuce. Crisp and sweet endives are the perfect addition to your holiday gatherings. Perfect alternative to chips, crackers and bread.

Braised, grilled, fried….in salads or a tasty home for your favorite dips – there are no limits when it comes to this one of a kind veggie! I am going mainstream and sharing Endive Salad recipes but I am sure you can share any other great recipes you have created.

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I used hazelnuts per the recipe, but only because I had them on hand. Feel free to use walnuts or even pecans if you have them on hand.

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Pear and Endive Salad with Blue Cheese Cream Recipe

First I am sharing a Pear and Endive Salad with Blue Cheese Cream that can be served as an appetizer or as a salad recipe. I fell in love with this endive salad and could have eaten the entire bowl.

What is amazing is that I had leftovers the next day and the endive salad was not wilted like most salads.

Making homemade blue cheese dressing

Make the dressing and the Blue Cheese cream at least the morning you are going to serve the salad. The blue cheese dressing will meld and have a lot more flavor than if you just put it together when you are ready to serve.

  I also used the Nudo Italia Olive Oil in the dressing. Nudo Olive Oils are produced in the Marche region of Italy so it is easy to impress your guests with the freshness and flavor of 100% Italian olives.

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Ina Garten Avocado and Endive Salad

For the second Endive Salad recipe I went to my favorite INA Garten and made her Avocado and Endive Salad which was perfect to take along to a dinner party. Yoyu can easily transport this salad and put it together at your destination

 The avocados can sit in the dressing and will not brown.

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Of course pack up your salad with a hostess gift. No matter what the occasion, pairing the perfect wine is essential. Introducing, Rios de Chile Wines – producing award-winning wines located in the Cachapoal Valley.

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Of course you can create an easy appetizer with Endive, simply put some hummus in a bowl, top with olive oil and pine nuts and surround by endive leaves.

 

Pear Endive Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Pear Endive Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Yield: 12 salads
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Looking for a fresh way to serve endive leaves.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 4 large heads Belgian endive, sliced
  • 1 large pear, halved, cored, sliced
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 1/4 cups crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
  • 1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted, husked
  • Chopped fresh chives

Instructions

  1. Whisk 3 tablespoons vinegar, oil and honey in large bowl to blend. Add endive and pear and toss to coat. Blend sour cream, yogurt and remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar in medium bowl; mix in cheese. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
  2. Mound pear salad on platter. Top with dressing, then nuts and chives.
  3. For appetizer versions, mound the salad onto individual endive leaves and top with cream and nuts.
Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 180Total Fat 14gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 18mgSodium 202mgCarbohydrates 9gFiber 2gSugar 5gProtein 5g

All information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on stayingclosetohome.com should only be used as a general guideline.

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19 Comments

  1. Looks good! I can’t wait to try this recipe

  2. I am in love with both of these recipes, Why did I have to read these when I am starving, thanks Maria.

  3. I adore potlucks too! And my oh my, this food looks delicious 🙂

  4. This looks delicious! What a different take on salad. I think I may be able to convince my boys to eat this

  5. I’ve only worked with endive once, and it didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped – but these salads look delicious.

  6. Those look so yummy. I will be trying them later forsure.

  7. I’ve never had endive. These look like good recipes to start with.

  8. What a awesome side or even as a main dish to lighten things up. Love the flavor combo in this!! YUM!

  9. I love how you made that endive and dip into a flower! So pretty!

  10. That blue cheese dressing looks and sounds great! I never get to have blue cheese because no one else in my family likes it:( .

  11. The Endive and Avocado Salad look delicious.

  12. Oh my, these are great recipes. Love the hazelnut idea.

  13. I’ve never had endive. But you make it look so good. That’s it, I’m adding it to my “must”-try” list.

  14. I love these awesome recipes!! That are incredible and very healthy. I love the Endive Avocado Salad and want to make this soon. Thanks for sharing these awesome recipes. I have never used Endive.

  15. This sounds like like an interesting salad! I’ve never had endive but I’m willing to try anything!

  16. Pears are such a good addition to a salad. They’re nice and light but still so full of flavor!

  17. I would probably use pecans. This looks delicious!

  18. I am not sure I have ever had endive. I am definitely going to give some of these a try, they look delicious.

  19. Those salads sound really good. I have never even heard of endive before.

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