I've seen a lot of recipes and on menus with a soft cooked egg and salad. I always wondered is that good? This week's French Fridays with Dorie assignment was her bacon, eggs and asparagus salad. I was able to get extremely fresh eggs (3 days old), asparagus and mixed salad greens from the Farmers Market. I showed the photo of the salad to my family and only got one additional taker, my six years old. She loves eggs, bacon and salad. Sounds like a perfect dish for her.
Since I was only making the salad for two, I decided to dice the bacon before cooking it in a small skillet. It worked great. The small pan of bacon fat was perfect for warming the eggs just before serving. I did sub pecans for walnut/hazelnuts because that's what I had on hand.
Cutting open the egg
My six years old and I enjoyed the salad. The combination of the runny yolk with the vinaigrette, bacon and asparagus was delicious.
Check out what others thought of the bacon, egg and asparagus salad at French Fridays with Dorie (http://www.frenchfridayswithdorie.com)
Your 6-year old sounds like a foodie in the making :-). The salad here looks fabulous!
Posted by: Maya | 05/20/2011 at 03:03 PM
Wendy, looks amazing! Runny eggs on pizza is another winning combo ;)!
Posted by: Marianne jett | 05/20/2011 at 08:53 PM
I always love it when my kids get into trying something a little off the beaten path. With so many fresh ingredients from the farmer's market - I don't know how it could have been anything but wonderful!
Posted by: Cher | 05/21/2011 at 07:52 AM
Your salad looks amazing and it's always a win when a six-year-old approves!
Posted by: Teresa | 05/21/2011 at 05:34 PM
That salad looks so good and i could eat it right now. Everything seems so perfect. We both
enjoyed it at our house and when I told Tricia how wonderful it was, she is determined to try
when her schedule lightens up. Great pictures.
Posted by: Nana | 05/22/2011 at 08:52 AM
That is great that your six year old likes salad!
It looks wonderful, love the pics. Looking forward to more FFWD dishes!
Posted by: yvette | 05/22/2011 at 03:19 PM
Your pictures are wonderful, especially the one of your little guy eating his salad atop a US map placemat.
Posted by: Adriana | 05/23/2011 at 04:23 AM
Love that you shared this with your 6 year old - fabulous ! Your salad looks gorgeous. Great post :) My kids love "Dorie Food" too but they are older (15 and 17). Even still, I always feel like an esp good Mom when it is FF's.
Posted by: Tricia S. | 05/23/2011 at 06:07 PM