Frisee Salad With Lardons And Poached Eggs

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Frisee
		= (French curly endive)
6 oz	170g	Slab bacon
		= (or thick-cut bacon slices)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Distilled white vinegar
4 tablespoons	60ml	Eggs (large)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chopped shallot
3 tablespoons	45ml	Red-wine vinegar
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Tear frisee into bite-size pieces and put in a large bowl. If using slab bacon, cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cut bacon slices crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick sticks (lardons).

In a heavy skillet cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden and remove skillet from heat.

Have ready another skillet with 1-inch warm water. Half-fill a 4-quart saucepan with water and stir in white vinegar. Bring liquid to a bare simmer. Break each egg into a teacup. Slide 1 egg into simmering liquid and immediately push white around yolk with a slotted spoon, moving egg gently. (Egg will become oval, with yolk completely covered by white.) Add remaining 3 eggs in same manner.

Simmer eggs about 1 1/2 minutes for runny yolks to about 3 minutes for firm yolks. (Serving this salad with runny, not fully cooked yolks may be of concern if there is a problem with salmonella in your area.) Immediately transfer eggs to skillet of warm water.

Reheat bacon in its skillet over moderate heat. Add shallot and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add red-wine vinegar and boil 5 seconds. Immediately pour hot dressing over frisee and toss with salt and pepper to taste. Divide salad among 4 plates and top with drained poached eggs. Season eggs with salt and pepper and serve salad immediately.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
SARA'S SECRETS with Sara Moulton - (Show # SS-1B31) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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