French Endive Apple Walnut Salad

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This endive salad is super quick and easy to prepare. This classic French salad is fresh and full of flavors. Endive with apple and walnut make a delicious and healthy salad.

a bowl full of endive, walnut and apple salad, next to it there is an apple, a small bowl full of walnuts and an endive

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This French endive salad is one of my favorite French recipes! I love how easy and quick it is to prepare. I like to make it for lunch or dinner at home. But I also love to make it for work. I bring it in my lunch box coupled with some French buckwheat crepes wraps or with some Cheese and bacon rolls or some Chicken muffins.

Pretty much like any salad, you can either have it as a starter or a main dish.

⭐ Why you'll love this recipe

This endive salad takes 5 minutes to prepare
It's super simple.
This salad is a classic French dish.

📖 Ingredient notes

all the ingredients for the endive salad prepared on a wooden cutting board

Belgian endive (also called chicory). It is a small cylindrical head of lettuce with white and pale yellow/green leaves. If you want to try another endive recipe, you can check out my Baked chicory with ham and cheese.
Apple. I recommend using sweet apples like Fuji, Golden delicious, Gala, Honeycrisp... And if you have some leftover apples, you can make a delicious (Gluten free) French apple tart.
Walnuts. You can either crack the walnuts yourself or, if you are in a hurry, use packed walnut halves.
Cheese. Personally, as I can't have cow dairy, I use Ossau-Iraty ( a french sheep cheese). But you can use Emmental, Gruyère, Cheddar or even Roquefort. Or you can omit completely.

Endive salad dressing ingredients

Olive oil. Make sure to use extra virgin olive oil.
Apple cider vinegar. You can also use red wine vinegar.
Dijon mustard. This is an optional ingredient. Make sure to choose strong mustard for an additional French flavor.

For the complete list of ingredients and quantities for this endive salad recipe, please see the recipe below.

🔪Step by step instructions

How to cut endive for salad

Rince the endive under cold water, remove the tip that is kind of reddish.

an endive with the tip removed on a cutting board

Then slice the endive.

How to prepare other ingredients

Peel (or not, as you prefer) the half apple and cut it into pieces.

an apple peeled and cut in bite sized pieces on a cutting board

Crack the walnuts and cut them in small pieces.

a cracked walnut with a nut cracker on a cutting board

Then cut the cheese into pieces also.

cheese cut into bite sized pieces on a cutting board

Put all the ingredients in a large bowl. In a glass, prepare the dressing by mixing the mustard, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper then pour it over the endive salad. Mix the salad to make sure it is well coated with dressing. Voilà! Serve immediately.
Bon appétit!

💬 Recipe FAQs

Can you make this salad ahead of time?

I don't recommend preparing this salad ahead of time. Well, a few hours ahead of time is OK but not the day before. The endive is rather delicate and the apple pieces will turn brown with oxydation. Of course, you can still eat the leftovers the next day, but your salad won't be as fresh.

How to store this endive salad?

Store your salad in the fridge, in an air-tight container.

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