Bacon, Pear, Goat's Cheese & Walnut Side Salad
Sharing Dish | with Croutons and Balsamic Dressing
Not your average salad! Crispy bacon, warm sliced pear and goat's cheese combine with pea shoots and a balsamic dressing to make an ideal side or starter.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Boxes and ingredients are packed in facilities that handles Peanut, Nuts, Sesame, Fish, Crustaceans, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Celery, Soya, Gluten and Sulphites. Due to the war in Ukraine, it has been necessary to substitute sunflower oil with rapeseed oil in some products without a label change. The FSA have advised that allergic reactions to rapeseed oil are rare.
Ingredients
1 unit(s)
Ciabatta
(Contains Cereals containing gluten)
60 grams
British Smoked Bacon Lardons
1 unit(s)
Pear
20 grams
Walnuts
(Contains Nuts May contain Peanut, Sesame, Nuts)
40 grams
Pea Shoots
75 grams
Goat's Cheese
(Contains Milk)
12 milliliter(s)
Balsamic Glaze
(Contains Sulphites)
Nutritional information
Utensils
Instructions
a) Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7.
b) Tear the ciabatta into roughly 2cm chunks. Pop the ciabatta onto a baking tray in a single layer. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat well.
c) Bake the croutons on the middle shelf until golden, 8-10 mins, then remove from the oven and set aside.
d) While the croutons bake, heat a drizzle of oil in a medium frying pan on medium-high heat.
a) Once the pan is hot, add the bacon lardons. Stir-fry until lightly golden, 2-3 mins. IMPORTANT: Wash your hands and equipment after handling raw meat. Cook lardons thoroughly.
b) Meanwhile, quarter the pear lengthways (no need to peel), remove the core and thinly slice lengthways. Once the bacon is lightly golden, add the pear slices to the pan and fry with the bacon until the pear has softened, 2-3 mins.
c) Transfer the pear, bacon and all the juices from the pan to a small bowl and leave to cool for a few mins.
a) In the meantime, roughly chop the walnuts.
b) Pop your pea shoots and croutons into a serving bowl and spoon the pear, bacon and all the juices over the top.
c) Top with a sprinkling of walnuts and crumble over the goat's cheese.
d) Drizzle over the balsamic glaze to finish.
Enjoy!
