Iceberg lettuce with blue cheese dressing

Name: Iceberg lettuce with blue cheese dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 SERVINGS
Cuisine: Česká kuchyně
Ingredients: 2 slices of toast bread; 30 g peeled shallot; 10 g peeled garlic; 200 g Gorgonzola cheese; 100 g sour cream; 100 ml buttermilk; grated zest from ½ lemon and 1 teaspoon lemon juice; freshly ground pepper; 2 tablespoons finely chopped mint; tablespoon finely chopped chives; 120 g bacon; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 iceberg lettuce weighing 600 g; The salad's flavor is best enhanced when paired with fresh, light wines. Choose white or sparkling wines with juicy acidity.

4 SERVINGS

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INGREDIENTS

2 slices of toast bread
30 g peeled shallot
10 g peeled garlic
200 g Gorgonzola cheese
100 g sour cream
100 ml buttermilk
grated zest from ½ lemon and 1 teaspoon lemon juice
freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped mint
tablespoon finely chopped chives
120 g bacon
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 iceberg lettuce weighing 600 g

WINE PAIRING

The salad's flavor is best enhanced when paired with fresh, light wines. Choose white or sparkling wines with juicy acidity.

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 140 °C.
2
Trim the crusts from the toast bread and cut the soft part into 1 cm cubes. Place them on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Let cool.
3
Finely chop the shallot. Remove the green germ from the garlic and finely grate the garlic.
4
Place 100 g of cheese in a blender, add sour cream and buttermilk, and blend. Add the shallot and garlic and blend. Add lemon zest and juice and blend again.
5
Finely chop the remaining cheese, add to the blender, and blend lightly just once. The cheese texture should remain. Add pepper, mint, and chives, mix, and refrigerate.
6
Cut the bacon into 1 cm cubes, dry-fry it in a pan over medium heat until golden, and set aside. Add the bread croutons to the rendered fat, add oil, and sauté for another 2 minutes.
7
Clean the iceberg lettuce, trim the core, and cut the lettuce into eighths. Place 2 wedges of lettuce on a plate, drizzle with dressing, and sprinkle with croutons and bacon.

Tip

Only grate the yellow part of the lemon zest. The white part is bitter.

Roman Vaněk

Tip: For an especially delicate flavor, you can finish the sauce with a drop of lemon juice. Homemade spaetzle or wide noodles, which perfectly soak up the creamy sauce, are an excellent side dish.