Frisée Salad with Beans and Warm Bacon Dressing

Name: Frisée Salad with Beans and Warm Bacon Dressing
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 473 milliliters cubed crustless peasant bread (3/4 inch); 227 grams frisée, torn into 2-inch pieces; 2 garlic cloves, lightly crushed; 113 grams mild goat cheese, crumbled into 1-inch pieces; 237 milliliters dried navy beans--picked over, rinsed and soaked overnight in 4 cups of cold water; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 4 servings Freshly ground pepper; 4 servings Salt; 3 larges shallots, thinly sliced; 113 grams thick-sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4 -inch strips; 3 Tbsps Champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar; 118 milliliters yellow cherry tomatoes, halved

Frisée Salad with Beans and Warm Bacon Dressing might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 16g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 390 calories. If you have shallots, peasant bread, mild goat cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the white wine vinegar you could follow this main course with the Red Velvet Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Drain and rinse the beans. In a medium saucepan, combine the beans with the bay leaf, garlic and 4 cups of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to moderately low, cover partially and simmer the beans until tender but not mushy, about 1 hour; add 1/2 teaspoon salt 10 minutes before they are done.

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Bay Leaves

Garlic

Beans

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Drain the beans and let cool to room temperature. Discard the bay leaf and garlic.

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Bay Leaves

Garlic

Beans

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Toss the bread cubes with 2 teaspoons of the olive oil and arrange in a single layer in a baking dish.

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Bread Cubes

Olive Oil

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Baking Pan

Bake for about 8 minutes, or until golden but not dry.

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Oven

In a nonreactive medium skillet, fry the bacon over moderately high heat until crisp.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to the fat in the skillet.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the shallots and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to brown, about 7 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, season with salt and pepper and keep warm.

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Salt And Pepper

Shallot

Vinegar

In a large bowl, toss the frise with the beans, bacon, toasted croutons and tomatoes.

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Croutons

Tomato

Bacon

Beans

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Add the dressing and toss.

Add the goat cheese and toss gently but thoroughly.

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Goat Cheese

Serve immediately.

Wine Recommendation: The garlicky, smoky flavors suggest a dry white, and the goat cheese narrows the choice to a tart, crisp Sauvignon Blanc. Look for the 1994 Flora Springs Soliloquy or the 1993 Grgich Hills Fum Blanc, both from California.

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Sauvignon Blanc