Endive Salad with Walnuts, Pears, and Gorgonzola Recipe

Name: Endive Salad with Walnuts, Pears, and Gorgonzola
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 3 endive heads, sliced first lengthwise, then crosswise in 1/2-inch slices; 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts; 2 tablespoons crumbled gorgonzola or other blue cheese; 1 Bartlett pear, cored and chopped; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 2 teaspoons cider vinegar (balsamic is good too); Sprinkle of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Endive is one of my guilty pleasures. It's more expensive than regular lettuce, but it's so delicate, and has such a wonderful, just lightly bitter flavor, I just can't resist a splurge once in a while.

This is a quick and easy endive salad recipe, chopped endive tossed with chopped pears, walnuts, and crumbled gorgonzola, and drizzled with oil and vinegar. Perfect for the fall!

Endive Salad with Walnuts Pear Gorgonzola — Elise Bauer

If you don't have access to endive, feel free to substitute butter lettuce. Some of the other lettuces in the chicory family would work as well—curly endive, escarole, frisee, radicchio.

By the way, my French friends in the area insist that the endive we grow here in Northern California is less bitter, and more exquisite than what you find in Europe. So enjoy! Go to endive.com for the story, the man from Sacramento, and the farm behind California-grown endive.

What Is Endive?

Endive Salad with Walnuts, Pears, and Gorgonzola

Prep Time 10 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Servings 2 to 3 servings

This recipe is presented as a salad, but you could also chop the pears and walnuts more finely, and place with some crumbled blue cheese in the endive leaves, like filling little boats, for appetizers.

3 endive heads, sliced first lengthwise, then crosswise in 1/2-inch slices
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons crumbled gorgonzola or other blue cheese
1 Bartlett pear, cored and chopped
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons cider vinegar (balsamic is good too)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Combine the salad ingredients:

Place the chopped endive in a large bowl. Add the walnuts, crumbled gorgonzola, and chopped pears. Toss to combine.
Dress and serve:

Drizzle olive over the salad. Drizzle cider vinegar over the salad. Toss to combine.

Season to taste with a sprinkling of salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
184	Calories
15g	Fat
12g	Carbs
3g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 2 to 3
Amount per serving
Calories	184
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15g	19%
Saturated Fat 3g	15%
Cholesterol 6mg	2%
Sodium 192mg	8%
Total Carbohydrate 12g	4%
Dietary Fiber 4g	14%
Total Sugars 6g
Protein 3g
Vitamin C 4mg	21%
Calcium 63mg	5%
Iron 0mg	3%
Potassium 227mg	5%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.