Warm bacon salad with poached egg and cheese

For a light brunch, try this mixed leaf salad combining a delicate Caesar dressing with salty anchovies and soft poached eggs

Warm bacon salad with poached egg and cheese

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

15

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

10

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • mixture of salad leaves

  • 170g smoked Gubbeen bacon lardons

  • 4 eggs

  • For the dressing:

  • 25g freshly grated cheese (Gabriel, Parmigiano or Reggiano)

  • freshly chopped parsley

  • 2 egg yolks

  • 2 tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed

  • 55g tin anchovies

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • pinch of English mustard powder

  • 2 tsp salt

  • ½-1 tbsp Worcester sauce

  • ½-1 tbsp Tabasco sauce

  • 175ml sunflower oil

  • 50ml extra virgin olive oil

  • 50ml cold water

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