Warm Rocket Salad (Jamie Oliver) |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Warm salads can be blooming amazing or a complete disaster. First, you have got to get your hungry guests around the table before you plate[ up, so as soon as their bums are on the chairs, you are tossing the warm ingredients in with the rocket leaves. Boom, boom, boom on a plate and it's in front of them.] Ingredients:
2 medium red onions |
8 whole rashers (slices) pancetta or smoked streaky bacon |
olive oil |
4 sprigs thyme |
a good handful pine nuts |
4 big handfuls rocket (arugula) |
balsamic vinegar |
a piece of parmesan, for shaving |
Directions:
1. Peel, halve, and quarter the onions then quarter again, to give you 8 pieces from each onion. Heat a frying pan and fry off the rashers of pancetta until crisp. Add a couple of lugs of olive oil to the pan, and add the sprigs of thyme, the onions, and pine nuts with a pinch of salt. Toss around and fry on a medium heat for about 5 minutes until caramelized and sweet (not black!).
2. Then, throw everything into a salad bowl with the rocket or any nice salad leaves. Drizzle generously with balsamic vinegar, this will make a natural dressing as it mixes with the olive oil. Serve with some shaved Parmesan over the top, you can use a potato peeler to do this. Munch away.
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