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Title: Warm Salad Of Avocado & Bacon w/Balsamic Dressing
Categories: Pork, Greens, Bread, Vegetables, Herbs
Yield: 2 servings

100 g Smoked bacon lardons
1 lg Ripe avocado
sm Bag of baby leaf salad
Chunk of stale bread
1 tb Rosemary leaves
3 cl Garlic
1 Shallot; finely diced
3 Tbp balsamic vinegar
1 ts (heaped) Demerara sugar
5 tb Rapeseed oil
Salt & pepper

Start by preparing the croutons. Set the oven @
190ºC/375ºF, cut the bread in 1" cubes coat in a little
oil, season and mix through whole cloves of garlic. Bake
until golden brown and crisps. Remove and set aside.

Heat the pan and gently fry bacon until well cooked and
a little crisp. Set aside, leave the residual fat in the
pan though to make the dressing with.

Prep the avocado, cut in half. Carefully remove the
stone and score the avocado into cubes.

To make the dressing - reheat the pan with the bacon
fat, add the diced shallot, cook gently until fully
softened. Deglaze with balsamic vinegar, whisk in the
rapeseed oil to emulsify. Add cracked black pepper and
Demerara sugar.

Arrange salad between two bowls, scatter over diced
avocado, the still warm cooked bacon, the croutons.
Spoon over the pan dressing and season the salad.

Serves: 2 people

RECIPE FROM: https://cookpad.com

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