Salade Auvergnate (Mixed greens with blue cheese, lentils, walnuts and ham), a French recipe from the Worldwide Gourmet

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Salade Auvergnate (Mixed greens with blue cheese, lentils, walnuts and ham) Recipe

Recipe

Total time: less than 15 minutes

Preparation time: A few minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Chef's Note

A recipe from Florence of the Auberge de Margaridou, Auvergne

Ingredients

- Lamb's lettuce, red oak leaf lettuce, dandelion leaves

- Walnut oil

- A few green Puy Lentils

- Tome de pays cheese

- Auvergne ham

- Walnut halves, hazelnuts

- Small bacon bits

Method

Wash and dry the salad greens;
dress with a walnut oil vinaigrette in individual bowls or a large salad bowl to create a salad of varying colours, shapes and flavours;
cook a few Puy lentils and add them to the salad;
cut the cheese into small dice and sprinkle over the salad;
cut the Auvergne ham into thin strips and place on top of the greens;
crumble three walnuts halves and three hazelnuts per person over the salad;
drizzle with walnut oil;
sauté 50 g (2 oz.) small bacon bits per person;
sprinkle over the salad while still hot and serve immediately.

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