Salad With Goat-Cheese Croutons
Created by Echo Echo on November 4, 2014
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 0m
- Recipe #15622
Ingredients
- 8 bread slices (French bread, thin slices, sliced diagonally so slices are about 3 inches long about 1/2-inch-thick)
- 1/2 cup goat cheese (packed in olive oil and basil)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons oil (olive oil)
- 16 ounces mesclun (romaine lettuce, chicory lettuce or escarole)
- Fresh ground pepper (optional)
- SHALLOT DRESSING
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 1/3 cup oil (olive oil)
How to Make
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Step 1: Make croutons: spread cheese on 4 slices of bread and top with other 4 slices; in a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute cheese sandwiches in oil about 1 1/2 minutes per side until golden; cut into small cubes.
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Step 2: Make dressing: whisk together vinegar through shallots, then gradually whisk in oil in a steady stream.
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Step 3: In a large salad bowl, toss mesclun or other greens with croutons and dressing.
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Step 4: Pass a pepper grinder at the table.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (64.1 g)
- Calories 247.9
- Total Fat - 19.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.6 g
- Cholesterol - 5.3 mg
- Sodium - 242.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 14.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.9 g
- Sugars - 0.5 g
- Protein - 5 g
- Calcium - 108.3 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg