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Baby leaf salad with streaky bacon
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Recipe by Ina Garten
Ingredients
- 250g good streaky bacon
- 1 extra large egg yolk, at room temperature
- 10g Dijon mustard
- 2 large garlic cloves, Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
- 120ml freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 lemons)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 350ml good olive oil
- 50g freshly Technique: Grate Shredding a large ingredient to produce small, evenly-sized morsels. You can grate ingredients using a grating disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please grated Parmesan, plus 115g chunk very good Parmesan
- Mesclun greens for 4, washed and spun dry
Method
How to make Baby leaf salad with streaky bacon
1) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. Lay the bacon on a baking sheet, and bake for 20 to 25 mins, or until crisp. Dry on paper towels and Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chop into large pieces.
2) For the dressing, place the egg yolk, mustard, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper into the bowl of a food processor fitted with steel blade. Process until smooth.
3) With the food processor running, slowly pour the olive oil through the feed tube (as though you were making mayonnaise) and process until thick. Add the 50g Technique: Grate Shredding a large ingredient to produce small, evenly-sized morsels. You can grate ingredients using a grating disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please grated Parmesan and pulse 3 times.
4) Toss the green leaves with enough dressing to moisten well. Divide the greens among 4 plates. With a very sharp knife or a vegetable peeler, shave the Parmesan into large shards and arrange them on the salad. Sprinkle the Technique: Dicing Cutting a larger piece of food into even cube-shaped pieces. I know this Teach me, please diced bacon over the salad and serve.
