Salade Chevre Chaud

I spent a semester studying abroad in France and one of my favorite salads I had there was Salade Chevre Chaud (or Salad with warm goat cheese). Now before you give up on this recipe because you don't like goat cheese, I would recommend at least trying out the dressing. It's delicious. You can buy goat cheese at the store in a package like the one to the right. 

Ingredients

1 roll of goat cheese

4-5 slices of sandwich bread

1 bag romaine lettuce

1/3 pound (150g) toasted walnuts

3-4 slices bacon

Olive oil

Dressing

3 Tbsp olive oil

2 Tbsp honey

1 Tbsp Dijon mustard

1 Tbsp white wine vinegar

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Chop walnuts coarsely
2. Cook bacon slices until crispy. Let cool and them crumble coarsely.
3. Slice the roll of goat's cheese and cut each slice of bread in half. 
4. Lightly brush olive oil on bread then place a slice of cheese on top of each piece of bread.

5. Grill in oven for 5-10 minutes at 425 or on broil
6. Mix the dressing in a small bowl until ingredients are all combined.
7. Pour the bag of lettuce into a small bowl and toss the salad with an appropriate amount of the dressing.
8. Place salad on a plate and sprinkle with walnuts and crumbled bacon.
9. Top with 1-2 slices of goat's cheese toasts.


Emily's Thoughts
If you want the final salad to look a little "prettier," try using french bread or cut the bread into a circle or square. And try out the dressing on other salads too, it's too good not to :)

Recipe adapted from Honest Cooking.