Bacon Salad Recipe
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This wonderful bacon salad recipe or Frisée aux Lardons is very popular in all areas of France.
Ingredients
- 48 oz 1377gm, 6 cups of frisée lettuce or in the summer, dandelion leaves can be used.
- 8 oz 225gm, 1 cup of smoked bacon rashers (very lean bacon) cut into small pieces
- 2 slices thick white bread cut into cubes
- 1 small clove of garlic chopped (optional)
- 6 tablespoons 2.9 oz olive oil
- 1 tablespoon 0.5 oz red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons 0.33 oz Dijon mustard
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- chopped hard-boiled egg sprinkled on top
- poached egg perched on top
Instructions
- Break the lettuce up into small pieces with your hands and place in a salad bowl.
- Gently fry the bacon in a heavy bottomed pan with a little oil until browned. Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Add a drop more oil to the pan and fry the bread cubes until brown. Drain on paper towels.
- Stir the garlic, vinegar and mustard into the pan, whisk it together until warm.
- Season to taste and pour over the salad leaves with the bacon and croutons.
Notes
Helpful Tips
- Make a BLT In A Bowl by just adding cubed tomato pieces and because there are toasted croutons it could definitely be considered a Toasted BLT In A Bowl!
- Serve at once with a glass of red wine. Heavenly!
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