To start the salad, preheat the oven to 350° degrees Fahrenheit.
Place the walnuts onto an un-greased tray and toast for 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown. Once the walnuts are toasted, set aside to cool completely.
- 1/2 cup walnuts
To start the salad, preheat the oven to 350° degrees Fahrenheit.
Place the walnuts onto an un-greased tray and toast for 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown. Once the walnuts are toasted, set aside to cool completely.
Peel and roughly chop the shallots. Place into a bowl. Add the mustard salt, white pepper, a pinch of sugar and the vinegar. Whisk everything together. Slowly whisk in the oil until everything is incorporated.
Let sit for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the flavor from the shallots to infuse the vinaigrette. Strain out the shallots. Set the dressing aside at room temperature until ready to serve.
To assemble the salad, start by gathering your plates and preparing all of the remaining ingredients.
Remove the seeds from the dates and slice into quarters. Crumble the blue cheese into small pieces. Cut the ends off the endive, and peel away the larger outer leaves. The smaller inside leaves you can save for another salad.
Working in layers, place two leaves onto a plate. Then place a few pieces of the dates, walnuts and blue cheese inside each leaf. Drizzle a little bit of the dressing over each leaf. Repeat with another layer: 2 endive leaves, dates, walnuts and blue cheese. Lastly, drizzle a bit more of the vinaigrette over top and finish with a little freshly-ground black pepper. Serve.
This salad is best prepared last minute; otherwise, the endive will turn brown.
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We tried this recipe yesterday and LOVED IT ..... just excellent !! We really enjoyed the different blend of tastes and will be serving this for sure to our friends.
It's a wonderful small salad to start of a summer meal. I love belgian endives, walnuts and blue cheese but the piece de' resistance' was the dressing. It was to die for... I made it the night before my Mother's day dinner party and it had time to combine and mature. So good! Plus the way the delicate leaves and little droplets of dates, nuts and blue cheese looks so elegant and yet it was so easy - just remember to maybe have someone else watch the nuts roasting while you are cooking an extravagent feast. They were a little crispy ;)
This is so delicious. Inspired by an appetizer from Seasons in the Park in Vancouver. Don't be afraid by the Belgium Endive. Even people that have told me that they don't like Endive, have loved this salad.
Made this for a dinner party and it was a winner. It was more popular than the main course that I took all day to make.
Thanks.
My guests were so intrigued by this salad that they insisted on "helping" which meant that they joined me in the kitchen, assembled and ate each delicious leaf as they created them. They loved the flavors that, once combined, were absolutely addictive. Thank you for an incredibly simple, fabulous salad.
So glad you liked this. One friend of ours calls them "french tacos" (perhaps they should be Belgian Taco's).I love this recipe too. Simply and addictive.
Thanks for these "French Tacos". I normally find endive too bitter to enjoy, however, you can't go wrong with the combination of blue cheese and walnuts. It's one of my favorites, so I thought I'd give it a try. The dates add a nice touch of sweetness. It's a great combination of flavors, with the endive offering a nice, crunchy texture.
Wow, this was so good and deserves it 100% rating. Only change I made was to use pecans as hubby doesn't like walnuts. We have salad every evening and this was a great change. I will be serving this salad for sure at my next dinner party. Thanks Dawn for another great recipe.
This is quite possibly my favorite recipe on Rouxbe; it's so simple, elegant, and delicious. It's been the perfect opener for a number of dinner-dates! ;)
So glad you like them. I have to say they are one of my favorites as well. I have nicknamed them "French Tacos"...
I love to make them for people, just to see the look on their faces when they bite into them. Everyone is usually around when I am assembling them and they are always so surprised as to how easy and tasty they are.
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