A gorgeous crisp salad that can easily be served as a starter or an accompaniment. I serve it as a course at our Woodland Suppers and it’s always gone down well.
TOP TIP: If you want really crisp salad leaves, soaking in iced water for 20 minutes always does the trick.
NOTE ON INGREDIENTS: It MUST be Iceberg Lettuce
I omit blue cheese from my ranch dressing as if I’m feeding a lot of people, there’s usually at least one person who doesn’t like it. Also if you do a veggie version without the bacon, most blue cheeses are NOT vegetarian – although the lovely Oxford Blue that we have on our cheese course is. It’s always worth checking
EQUIPMENT: A large bowl with two handfuls of ice and then filled with cold water
For the Ultimate Experience
Serve with my Ultimate Southern Fried Chicken and my All American Potato Skins
SERVES 4
1 Iceberg Lettuce
200g tomatoes, diced small
4 spring onions, thinly sliced
8 rashers streaky bacon
RANCH DRESSING
50g sour cream
70g buttermilk
100g mayonnaise
2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
Salt and Fresh ground pepper to taste
Quarter the lettuce through the root and soak in iced water for 20 minutes. Then drain making sure as much water drains out as possible.
Cook the bacon until crisp and allow to cool. Chop into little pieces, a bit bigger than a crumb.
Make the Ranch dressing by whisking all the ingredients together, or put them in a large jar and give it a good shake.
Place the lettuce quarters on a serving dish. Drizzle over the dressing and finish with sprinklings of bacon, tomato and spring onion.
- 1 iceberg lettuce
- 200 g tomatoes diced
- 4 spring onions finely sliced
- 8 rashers streaky bacon
Ranch Dressing
- 70 g buttermilk
- 50 g sour cream
- 100 g mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Quarter the lettuce through the root and soak in iced water for 20 minutes. Then drain making sure as much water drains out as possible.
- Cook the bacon until crisp and allow to cool. Chop into little pieces, a bit bigger than a crumb.
- Make the Ranch dressing by whisking all the ingredients together, or put them in a large jar and give it a good shake.
- Place the lettuce quarters on a serving dish. Drizzle over the dressing and finish with sprinklings of bacon, tomato and spring onion.
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