California Dreaming Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing Recipe
The sort of salad that has all the toppings: ham, bacon, lettuce, tomato.. you name it, it's here!
Equipment
- 1 Chopping board
- 1 colander or sieve for washing your salad
- 1 Small saucepan
- 1 slotted spoon for scooping out your egg
- 1 salad serving bowl
- 1 Sharp knife
- 1 cheese grater
- 1 Small bowl for cooling down the eggs
- 1 Frying pan
- 1 3/4 measuring cup
- 1 Measuring spoons
- 1 Whisk
- 1 jug for pouring the dressing
Ingredients
- 1 Little Gem lettuce shredded
- 30 g Grated cheddar cheese about a handful
- 6 Cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 Spring onion chopped
- Handful Almonds
- 2 Ham sliced any type of ham is good
- 2 Eggs hard boiled
- 300 g Bacon lardons
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 3/4 cup Orange juice
- 1 tsp Honey
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
Instructions
- Wash all your salad bits. Boil up some water for your egg. Chop your lettuce in shreds and place in the bowl you wish to serve in. Cut your tomatoes in half and slice your spring onions. Add to the bowl too. Pop your egg into the boiling water and boil for 10 minutes on a rolling boil.
- Slice your ham and grate your cheddar cheese. Add to the bowl.
- Once your egg has boiled, take out and place in a bowl of cold water. Leave to cool for a minute or two. Carefully peel the egg and cut in halves. Add to the bowl, along with the sliced almonds.
- Now to make the dressing. Add the oil to pan and fry off the lardons until crisp. Remove from the pan.
- Pour the 3/4 cup orange juice into the pan along with the 1 tbsp dijon mustard - whisk until smooth. Add in 1 tsp honey and whisk.
- Sprinkle the bacon lardons over the salad and pour over the honey mustard dressing.
Nutrition
Calories: 860kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 81gFat: 54gSaturated Fat: 28gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 410mgSodium: 5084mgPotassium: 514mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 2108IUVitamin C: 60mgCalcium: 162mgIron: 2mg
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