Warm salad of crispy smoked bacon & Jerusalem artichokes
This is a brilliant salad that always makes me smile when I eat it. The smokiness of the bacon goes so well with the potatoey-mushroomy-garlicky flavour of the Jerusalem artichokes (which you can find in good supermarkets and markets). If you can't get hold of any then use some good new potatoes instead. Remember, the trick to a warm salad is to get everything ready to go. Ask your family or guests to make their way to the table while you finish it off, and don't let them talk until they've cleared their plates, so they get the salad while it's good (I'm only joking about the talking!).
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Jerusalem Artichoke | 1 medium (128g) | 60 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Radicchio | not in our table | 0 |
| Chervil | 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
- 2 handfuls large Jerusalem artichokes or new potatoes
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 radicchio or treviso, outer leaves discarded
- 3 little gem lettuces, leaves washed, dried and stalks removed
- 1 small handful fresh flat-leaf parsley or chervil, leaves picked and finely sliced
- extra virgin olive oil
- 8 rashers thickly sliced higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon or pancetta
- 1 small red onion, peeled and finely sliced
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar