Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael ChiarelloEpisode: Pick your own Dinner

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

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Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 15 min

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Ingredients

1/4 cup dried cherries
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 pound pancetta, cut into 1/4- inch dice
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons porcini oil
Grey salt
6 cups mixed greens, such as frisee and baby spinach
5 ounces fresh goat cheese

Directions

In a small bowl, combine dried cherries with warm water to cover. Set aside to soften.

In a medium skillet over medium-low heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and pancetta. Cook until fat is rendered, about 6 minutes. Drain pancetta on paper towels and discard all but 1 tablespoon of fat from the skillet.

Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the skillet and increase heat to medium-high. Return pancetta to pan and cook until crispy. Add garlic and cook until just golden, about 1 minute. Reduce heat, add thyme and stir well. Add 15 good turns of black pepper. Add vinegar, return pan to heat, and deglaze pan, scraping up all the brown bits that cling to the bottom and sides of the pan. Simmer until vinegar reduces by half. Whisk in porcini oil. Season with salt.

Put mixed greens in a salad bowl. Crumble the goat cheese over the greens. Quickly toss mixture with pancetta dressing so greens barely wilt. Drain cherries. Add cherries, toss again. Immediately transfer to plates and serve.

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recipe Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad
Jamie Portland, OR 10-24-2009
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Great holiday salad!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This salad is a wonderful fall or holiday salad. I served it before Christmas dinner one year and everyone was asking for... more salad! The goat cheese, pancetta, and dried cherries (you could also use dried cranberries) compliment each other extremely well!Read more
recipe Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad
Carol San Antonio, TX 07-11-2009
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THIS IS A KEEPER
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Great salad. Followed all ingridents not by the book but still came out great. Didn't put in all the vinegar it asks for... since I'm not a big fan on vinegar taste and accidentally forgot to add the dried cherries since I put them to soak on the side and forgot about them. But still can out great, Great taste, very flavorful. And next time I will make sure to add the dried cherries. Served it will the main dish and dessert it was aired with on the episode "pick your own dinner"Read more
recipe Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad
leslie Harrisburg, NC 01-25-2009
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Weird but GREAT
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

One of those things that is good by the third bite. The first bite is weird, but by the end, this salad had really grown on... us! Will definitely make it again. We added a little splash of apple cider to the dressing at the last minute after we saw how much vinegar went in to give it a little sweetness and break the bite of the vinegar. This recipe is a definite keeper!!Read more
recipe Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad
Anonymous 09-21-2008
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Delish!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is so easy to make and so tasty. It's totally cravable food!
recipe Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad
Anonymous 07-11-2007
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Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Did not like this salad at all. Would not make again.
recipe Warm Goat Cheese and Pancetta Salad
denise Chatham, NJ 11-25-2006
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Very tasty
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

impressive to serve when hosting dinner party..delicous fall salad..I served for thanksgiving..instead of mixing the pancetta... dressing in with the greens, I served atop the goat cheese on the greens..wonderful presentationRead more