Salade Lyonnaise
The salad of Lyon's bistros — bitter frisée wilted under a warm bacon-fat vinaigrette, with crisp lardons, croutons and a poached egg whose yolk becomes a second dressing.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 head frisée (curly endive)
- 200 g smoked bacon, cut into thick lardons
- 4 eggs, very fresh
- 100 g day-old baguette, cut into 2 cm cubes
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper, freshly ground
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 1817 kcal · P 105.1g · C 27.8g · F 137.1g
Estimated from 8 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Discard the dark green outer leaves of the frisée and tear the pale heart into bite-sized pieces. Wash, spin completely dry and put in a large bowl.
- 2Fry the lardons in a dry frying pan over medium heat for 8–10 minutes, until browned and crisp and most of their fat has rendered. Lift them out with a slotted spoon and pour 2 tbsp of the fat into a cup for the dressing.
- 3Fry the bread cubes in the fat left in the pan for 3–4 minutes, turning, until golden on every side, then drain on kitchen paper.
- 4Bring a wide pan of water to a bare simmer and add 1 tbsp of the vinegar. Crack each egg into a cup, slide it into the water and poach for 3 minutes, until the white is set and the yolk still runny. Lift out onto kitchen paper.
- 5Whisk the shallot, mustard and the remaining 3 tbsp of vinegar with a pinch of salt and pepper, then whisk in the olive oil and the warm bacon fat.
- 6Pour the warm dressing over the frisée and toss: the leaves should wilt only at the edges, and the warm fat is what tames the chicory's bitterness. Toss in the lardons and croutons.
- 7Divide among plates, set a poached egg on each, grind over black pepper and serve at once, so the yolk breaks into the leaves.
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Questions and answers
How long does Salade Lyonnaise take to make?
About 30 minutes: 15 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Salade Lyonnaise?
10 ingredients: frisée, smoked bacon, eggs, day-old baguette, shallot, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, olive oil, salt, black pepper.
How many servings does this Salade Lyonnaise recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Salade Lyonnaise?
About 454 kcal, with 26.3 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate and 34.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Salade Lyonnaise?
Salade Lyonnaise comes from French cuisine.
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