Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

Ingredients

• Baby spinach
• Shitake mushrooms, fried, lightly salted
• Boiled egg, chopped
• Warm Bacon Dressing:
• 1 lb. bacon, minced
• Flour
• honey
• Dijon mustard
• vinager, if needed
• ~ 1 cup or so of vegetable oil

Method

• 1. Render bacon until crisp; pour off all bacon fat except 1-2 tablespoons. Add flour and water making a thin veloute; cook 45 minutes.
• 2. Flavor this base with honey and Dijon; season s/p.
• 3. Strain into blender and add vegetable oil to make dressing.
• 4. Put spinach on plate, top with dressing, top with mushrooms and add chopped egg at 7 o'clock. This salad is also delicious garnished with bacon, red onions.....

Notes

• SERVINGS: 1
• SOURCE: Chef Eric