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lyonnaise salad

Lyonnaise Salad

Judith Coates
A traditional Lyonnaise salad for a tasty, nourishing starter or light meal with fresh salad leaves, frisée lettuce, and bacon with a poached egg on top! Could be breakfast!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course appetizer/side dish, lunch or dinner
Cuisine French
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs Fresh free-range are the best.
  • 4 slices bread With crusts removed and cut into cubes.
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil for frying bread
  • Half a clove of garlic
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 4 bacon rashers cut into strips or a small pack of lardons
  • ⅔ cup red wine vinegar
  • 3 teaspoons wholegrain mustard
  • 3 cups frisée lettuce/endive or dandelion leaves, or lambs lettuce

Instructions
 

  • Chop the garlic and fry in a little oil in a frying pan until it flavors the oil.
  • Remove from the pan. Or you can simply rub a cut garlic clove around the pan before you fry the bread.
  • Fry the bread cubes until crisp and golden.
  • Remove and keep warm.
  • Place the bacon in the pan and cook for about two minutes.
  • Add the vinegar and mustard and boil until it has reduced to about a third.
  • Pour this over the salad leaves and toss a little.
  • Boil some water in a pan (just enough to cover the eggs) to which you have added about a tablespoon of vinegar (don't overdo this, or the eggs will taste strongly of vinegar).
  • Allow to simmer.
  • Crack each egg into a small bowl before sliding into the simmering water.
  • Poach for about 3 minutes until just set – the yolk should be still slightly runny.
  • To serve, arrange the salad leaves with the bacon and mustard dressing on plates and place a poached egg on top of each.
  • Sprinkle with the golden croutons and serve your Lyonnaise salad immediately.

Notes

  • Frissee lettuce works the best, but any lettuce that has substantial leaves will work well.
  • This salad can be made ahead, adding the dressing and poached egg just before serving.

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Nutrition

Calories: 288kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 12gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 178mgSodium: 524mgPotassium: 221mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 2281IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 80mgIron: 2mg
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