Lamb's lettuce salad with speck and white bread croutons

Name: Lamb's lettuce salad with speck and white bread croutons
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 SERVINGS
Cuisine: Česká kuchyně
Ingredients: 300 g lamb's lettuce; 4 slices toast bread; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 20 g peeled shallot; 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 5 tablespoons rapeseed oil; freshly ground pepper; salt; 200 g Tyrolean speck; The salad's flavor is best enhanced when combined with fresh, light wines. Choose white or sparkling wines with juicy acidity.

2 SERVINGS

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INGREDIENTS

300 g lamb's lettuce
4 slices toast bread
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
20 g peeled shallot
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
5 tablespoons rapeseed oil
freshly ground pepper
salt
200 g Tyrolean speck

FOOD AND WINE PAIRING

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

INSTRUCTIONS

1
Trim the crusts from the toast bread and cut it into 0.5 cm cubes.
2
Cut the speck into 0.3 cm cubes. Heat vegetable oil in a pan over high heat, add the speck and sauté for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add the diced toast bread and sauté, stirring frequently, until golden brown. Then transfer to a bowl.
3
Thoroughly rinse the lamb's lettuce in cold water, dry it and place it in a bowl.
4
Finely chop the shallot, place it in a bowl, pour in the wine vinegar and gradually whisk in the rapeseed oil. Season with salt and pepper and mix with the lamb's lettuce in the bowl.
5
Add the speck and bread croutons, mix and serve immediately.

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.