Friday, August 24, 2012

Recipe: Bacon sherry vinaigrette

This vinaigrette is not only delicious, it is very versatile in its uses.  It can be used as a light sauce for  chicken or fish dishes (great with black cod), and even makes for a great warm salad dressing with sturdier greens such as spinach or arugula.  There's no blending needed - leave it chunky.

You will need:

250ml / 1C         tyroller bacon lardons (thick cut batons)
250ml / 1C         minced red onion
15ml / 1Tbs        minced garlic
60ml / 1/4C        sherry vinegar
250ml / 1C         extra virgin olive oil
to taste               kosher salt
to taste               cracked black pepper

Method:

 - put the lardons in a pan and slowly render the fat out
 - when the bacon is nicely coloured, remove it from the pan, leaving the fat
 - add the red onion and garlic and sweat well
 - return the bacon to the pan
 - deglaze with the sherry vinegar
 - remove from the heat
 - add the olive oil
 - season with salt and pepper

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