Title: Warm Salad of Frisee And Baby Spinach, Mushrooms, Bacon, Sw
Categories: Dujour08
Yield: 1 servings

=== SALAD ===
4 Frisee heads
12 oz Smoked bacon; (homemade or
-other)
8 Shallots -; (to 12)
1/4 c Balsamic vinegar
1/4 c Grenadine
16 oz Locally foraged mushrooms;
-such as
Chanterelles; boletes,
-chicken of the
Woods;
And lobster mushrooms
Olive oil
Kosher salt; to taste
Freshly-cracked black
-pepper; to taste
Fresh thyme
1 Ficelle - (abt 12");
Or French bread of choice
1 lb Baby spinach
=== VINAIGRETTE ===
4 oz Sherry vinegar
4 oz Virgin olive oil
4 oz Soy or canola oil
1 Garlic clove - (to 2);
-crushed
Salt; to taste
Freshly-cracked black
-pepper; to taste

Salad: Wash the frisee well, trim the root end but leave it attached, and
cut the heads in half. Remove the rind from the bacon. Cut bacon into thick
lardons, slowly render the fat, drain and dry lardons on paper toweling.
Peel the shallots, slice them into 1/4-inch rings, toss them in the mixture
of hot balsamic vinegar and grenadine and reserve. Clean and trim the
mushrooms. Toss them with olive oil, kosher salt, cracked pepper and fresh
thyme then roast them and reserve. Cut the ficelle into 16 thick little
slices. Vinaigrette: Combine all vinaigrette ingredients. To Assemble: Warm
plates in a low oven. Have all components prepped in advance. In a separate
pan or lightly-oiled baking dish lay the seasoned bread for croutons in a
single layer. Sprinkle lightly with oil and toast quickly in a 425 degree
oven. Place in the warming oven. In a large pan sear seasoned halves of
frisee in a scant amount of soy or canola oil. Transfer them to the warm
oven. In the same pan add the bacon, shallots, roasted mushrooms and half
of the vinaigrette. Heat thoroughly. Remove plates and frisee from the
warming oven. Spoon hot mushroom mixture across frisee. In that same pan
again, lightly wilt spinach with a splash more vinaigrette and plate it in
a separate little pile next to the mushroom braise. Arrange croutons over
the salad. Garnish with coarsely chopped herb confetti. This recipe yields
?? servings.

Source: "CHEF DU JOUR - (Show # DJ-9385) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK"
S(Formatted for MC5): "07-28-1999 by Joe Comiskey -
joecomiskey@netzero.net"

Recipe by: Stan Frankenthaler

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