Butter Lettuce with Lardons and Poached Egg

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Total Time:
25 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 2 slices bacon, cut into lardons
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Water, as needed
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
  • 1 head Boston lettuce, cleaned, dried and torn into bite-size pieces
  • 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved

Directions

In a small saute pan, cook the bacon over medium-low heat until almost crisp and the fat has rendered. Remove the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate, leaving the rendered fat in the pan. To the pan, whisk in the mustard, white wine vinegar, olive oil, salt, and black pepper, to taste. Remove the pan from the heat.

Fill a medium saucepan 2/3 with water. Add the distilled white vinegar and bring to just barely a simmer. Cook's Note: like very active club soda.

Crack an egg and place it into a small ramekin. Very slowly and gently place the egg into the water by placing the ramekin right next to the water and letting the egg slide out of the dish and directly into the water. The ramekin should be touching the water. Repeat with the remaining eggs. Each egg should cook for 3 1/2 minutes, exactly.

In a large bowl, toss the greens with the tomatoes in the bacon dressing and divide the mixture among 4 salad plates. When the eggs are ready, carefully remove with a slotted utensil, and blot briefly on a paper towel to remove the excess vinegary water. Gently place an egg on top of each salad. Grind some black pepper on top of the eggs, top with lardons and serve.

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  • on May 13, 2012

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    I recently tried making this salad and my family was skeptical about the poached egg on top. But we all LOVED it! Even my 5 yr old boys!! Everything blends together so wonderfully! I still need to perfect poaching the eggs, I'd never done it before, but will definitely be making this salad more! Thank you for all the great recipes, Melissa!

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  • on October 02, 2010

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    I lived in Paris for 3 years and so enjoyed this healthy salad. I have been using an overeasy egg because I wasn't sure how to poach. i tried with the vinegar and am professional now. Thanks for the tip.
    Delicious and healthy.

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  • on August 07, 2010

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    Everyone in my family loved this! Even my 13 and 7 year old sons! They were initially concerned with the egg on top, but quickly realized that it was fabulous! We've dubbed this a "breakfast" salad, since it's bacon and eggs! Wonderful!!!

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