Candied bacon green salad
This salad was inspired by two of the loveliest girls, Tamara and Zora, who regularly host an anti-restaurant supper club in Queens. Supper clubs are popular in New York, and I think the idea behind them is quite cool. By opening up their homes and serving food at decent prices, people are sort of rebelling against the crowded, overpriced and rushed service of established city restaurants. This is a great twist on your standard warm salad and, although I'm not crazy about ultra-sweet things, it was cleverly done because the candied layer goes so well with the crispy smoked bacon. Add a good green salad and some seasonal fruit and you're on to a winning combo. Depending on the season, you can vary the lettuces and salad leaves, and the fruit too: apples, pears, peaches, figs, grapes and strawberries would all be great, so use your imagination. Thanks for the inspiration, girls!
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| White Bread | 1 slice (30g) white | 79 |
| Pomegranate | 1/2 cup seeds (87g) | 72 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Clementine | not in our table | 0 |
| Salad | not in our table | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons good-quality extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 heaped teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 heaped tablespoon natural yoghurt
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 12 rashers higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
- 3 slices fresh white bread
- olive oil
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 heaped tablespoons demerara sugar
- juice of 1 clementine
- 5 large handfuls mixed salad leaves, washed and spun dry
- 1 pomegranate
- 1 small bunch fresh mint, leaves picked