Grilled Endive Salad - perfectly grilled endive tossed with orange sections, green onions, and walnuts in a Dijon, olive oil, and honey dressing.
Surprises are the best, aren't they? Especially when they're totally and completely unexpected and something nice that you never even thought of.
I came home a couple of weeks ago to find a package at my door. A totally unexpected package. And what do you think was inside? Endive! Yes, gorgeous fresh endive. Some of them were even wrapped in paper and tied with a ribbon. An endive bouquet.
My endive bouquet was all courtesy of the California Endive Growers Association, thanks to the very nice Casey Benedict who is their social media coordinator. I've worked with Casey on several projects in the past and she thought I'd enjoy this very thoughtful gift of fresh endive. She was right!
I knew right away what I wanted to make with my endive gift - a Grilled Endive Salad.
Grilled Endive Salad - perfectly grilled endive tossed with orange sections, green onions, and walnuts in a Dijon, olive oil, and honey dressing. Click To Tweet
How to Make Grilled Endive Salad
I started by cutting the endive lengthwise and brushing with olive oil. I also trimmed some green onions and coated them with a bit of olive oil, too.
Then I heated up a grill pan on the stove. You could also do this on your outdoor grill in nicer weather. Grill the endive for a few minutes on each side and then grill the green onions.
In the meantime, I sectioned a sweet, juicy navel orange being sure to catch all the juices in a small bowl. I already had some toasted walnuts on hand, but if you need to toast a few it only takes a few minutes. You can do them either in a dry pan on the stovetop or in the oven at about 350 for a few minutes.
To make the dressing, add a little Dijon mustard, olive oil and honey to the reserved orange juice. Whisk it together well and add just a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper.
Cut the endive crosswise into one-inch sections. Cut the grilled green onions on a slant in similar sized pieces. Combine the endive, green onion, orange sections, and walnuts in a large bowl. Pour the dressing over and toss to coat well. Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
More Salad Recipes on Never Enough Thyme:
- Spring Salad with Strawberries and Sweet Balsamic Dressing
- Sweet Corn Salad with Seared Sea Scallops
- Lemon Dill Potato Salad
- Black Bean and Corn Salad
Other great endive recipes you might enjoy:
- The entire recipe collection from the Endive Growers web site - everything from appetizers to main dishes to desserts!
Endive Salad Recipes from Other Bloggers:
- Simple Endive Salad with Cheese from Laylita's Recipes
- Apple Endive Salad with Sugared Walnuts from Recipe Girl
- Blood Orange Endive Salad from Skinny Taste
- Endive Salad with Gorgonzola, Pine Nuts, and Honey from Leite's Culinaria
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Grilled Endive Salad
Ingredients
- 3 endive
- 4 green onions
- 1 tblsp. olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 navel orange sectioned, juice reserved
- ⅓ cup toasted walnut pieces
- 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 tblsp. orange blossom honey
Instructions
- Split endive lengthwise.
- Trim roots and most of the ends from green onions.
- Brush cut sides of endives and green onions with olive oil. Lightly salt and pepper both and set aside.
- Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
- Add endives, cut side down, to hot grill pan.
- Cook 3-4 minutes or until endive is slightly softened and grill marks appear.
- Turn and grill on opposite side for 2-3 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- Grill onions for 3-4 minutes or until lightly cooked.
- Cut the endive crosswise into approximately 1” slices. Cut the onions on the bias into similarly sized pieces.
- Add the endive and onions to a large bowl.
- Section the orange over a small bowl catching all the juices as you work. Add the orange sections and toasted walnuts to the endive and onions.
- In the small bowl with the orange juice, add the mustard, olive oil, and honey. Whisk together until smooth and emulsified. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour the dressing over the endive, onions, orange sections, and walnuts.
- Toss to coat well.
Notes
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Amanda
This looks delicious! I can't wait to try it. I'm sharing this on my blog with a link back :) Thanks again for sharing!!
Trader Joes Recipes
Your endive salad sounds wonderful. Thanks for the recipe.
Alison @ ingredients, Inc.
looks fabulous!! and light :)
Robyn | Add a Pinch
Absolutely gorgeous, Lana!
Erum @ Best-Salads
I am loving this recipe! I've been thinking about making a grilled endive salad all winter but have been lacking inspiration. This might just be my inspiration!
Anne-Marie @ This Mama Cooks!
As always, just gorgeous.
Baker Street
Grilling endives is a great tip! Thanks for sharing.
K&B N.
i never thought of grilling endives! what a great idea
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Rivki Locker
This is timely! I bought a few really fresh looking endives this week (they weren't tied with ribbon, but they do look nice!) and wasn't sure what to do with them. This looks like just the thing. I think I'll try them this evening. Thank you!
Lana
Hope you enjoy it, Rivki. Here's another idea for endive that I'm going to try next - it's from Kay at Kayotic Kitchen: http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/ham-cheese-chicory-rolls