House Salad With Creole Mayonnaise Dressing

Recipe Ingredients

		Dressing
1		Egg (medium)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Lemon juice
1/2 tablespoon	7.5ml	White onion - diced (medium)
2 1/4 cups	533ml	Canola, vegetable, or corn oil
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Hot sauce
1 tablespoon	15ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
		Kosher salt - to taste
		Salad
2		Romaine lettuce hearts - cleaned, and
		Diced into 1" by 1" pieces
1		Bibb lettuce head - cleaned, and
		Diced into 1" by 1" pieces
16 oz	454g	Pecan smoked bacon
4		Eggs
4 oz	113g	Gruyere cheese - shaved
1 1/2 cups	45g / 1.6oz	Brioche Bread Croutons - (see below)
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
		Brioche Bread Croutons
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Melted butter
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced fresh thyme
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced fresh oregano
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced fresh basil
2 cups	474ml	Brioche bread in 1/8" dice

Recipe Instructions

Place the egg, lemon juice, and onion into the workbowl of a food processor and puree. With the motor running, slowly add 1/2 the oil. Then add the hot sauce, pepper, and salt. Stop the motor, scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, and with the motor running again, slowly add the remaining oil. Taste and adjust salt. Store, covered, in the refrigerator for 1 week.

For the Salad: Dice bacon and bake in 250 degree oven until crisp, drain grease and hold warm.

For the Brioche Bread Croutons: Mix all the herbs in butter. Pour butter over croutons. Season with salt and pepper. Bake in 200 degree oven for 2 hours. (Makes 3 cups)

Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to slow simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and chill in ice-bath or under running cold water. Peel and dice.

Place lettuce in bowl. Add 3/4 of bacon, 3/4 of eggs. 3/4 of croutons and 2 cups Creole Mayonnaise. Mix well. Season to taste.

Divide salad onto 4 plates. Garnish with remaining bacon, eggs and crouton. Add shaved Gruyere to top of salad

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - (Show # CL-9608) - from the TV FOOD - NETWORK

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