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Garden Salad with Smoked Tomato Dressing

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Category: Salads, United States, Sauces

 Ingredients List

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  • 2 sl Bacon; diced
  • 1 lg Tomato
  • 2 ts Tomato paste
  • 1 Clove roasted garlic
  • 1 Shallot; diced
  • 1 ts Balsamic vinegar
  • 2 ts Raspberry vinegar
  • 1/4 c Corn oil
  • 1/4 c Olive oil
  • Salt
  • 12 c (7-8 oz) assorted young
  • -lettuce leaves; such as
  • -romaine, bibb, arugula &
  • -red oak leaf rinsed, dried

 Directions

In a skillet, cook the bacon until the fat is rendered; reserve bacon and
fat separately. Smoke the tomato for 15 minutes (in a skillet turning often
until over medium-high heat). Remove peel, slice in half and squeeze the
juice from the tomato into a small saucepan. Reserve the tomato. Add the
tomato paste to the saucepan and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes,
stirring often until thickened.

Place the tomato paste and tomato in a blender with the garlic, shallot,
and vinegars. Puree for 30 seconds. Combine the bacon fat and oils, and
with the blender on low, drizzle into the puree. Season with salt.

Place the lettuces in a large mixing bowl. Add the blended dressing and
toss gently but thoroughly. Divide among 4 or 6 plates and top each salad
with some of the reserved bacon.

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