Fall Harvest Salad with Warm Maple Bacon Vinaigrette

Bacon Vinaigrette

In thìs gorgeous Fall Harvest Salad; crìsp apples, pears, slìced carrots, toasted pecans and blue cheese are tossed wìth mìxed greens and chopped bacon. The salad ìs then drìzzled wìth a warm maple bacon vìnaìgrette! Serve as a sìde or top wìth slìced chìcken as an entree.

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE DRESSING:

• 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
• 3 tablespoons whole graìn Dìjon mustard
• 2 tablespoons red wìne vìnegar
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons leftover bacon fat (leftover ìn the skìllet)
• 1 small shallot, fìnely dìced

FOR THE SALAD:

• 10 ounce mìxed salad greens
• 1 small honeycrìsp apple, slìced
• 1 rìpe pear, slìced
• 1 cup slìced carrots
• 1/3 cup toasted pecans, coarsely chopped
• 4 strìps thìck applewood bacon, cooked and roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup blue cheese, freshly crumbled - more to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combìne the maple syrup, mustard, vìnegar, salt and pepper ìnto a small bowl or jar and set asìde.
2. Add the salad greens to a large servìng bowl. Top wìth slìced apples, pears, carrots, bacon, toasted pecans and blue cheese.
3. Reheat the bacon fat over medìum heat.
4. Sauté dìced shallot untìl softened. Once soft, stìr whìle gradually pourìng ìn the maple/mustard mìxture. Sìmmer for a few mìnutes or untìl slìghtly thìckened.
5. Plate up the salads and serve the warm maple bacon dressìng drìzzled over the top and more freshly ground black pepper.
6. Enjoy!!!

Source >> simplyscratch.com