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Fall Harvest Salad with Warm Bacon Maple Vinaigrette

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A crisp and delicious fall salad drizzled with a warm bacon and maple vinaigrette.

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cups Real Maple Syrup
  • 3 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
  • 3 Tablespoons Whole Grain Dijon Mustard
  • ¼ teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • ⅛ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • 5 ounces, weight Your Favorite Lettuce
  • 1 whole (small) Honeycrisp Apple, Sliced
  • ¼ cups Pecan Halves
  • ¼ cups Blue Cheese (or More To Taste)
  • 4 strips Applewood Bacon, Cooked, Crumbled And Reserve The Bacon Fat In The Pan
  • 1 whole Shallot, Finely Diced

Preparation

Combine the maple syrup, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper into a small bowl or jar and set aside.

Toss together the lettuce, sliced apples, pecans, blue cheese and crumbled bacon.

Reheat the bacon fat over medium or medium-high heat. Sauté diced shallot until softened. While whisking, gradually add in the jar of maple/mustard mixture. Simmer for 3-5 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Plate up the salads and serve the warm maple bacon dressing drizzled over the top.

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steve on 10.12.2012

I’m a chef by trade, Great recipe! I used goat cheese instead of blue, i’m sure blue would be just as good.

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