Name: Winter cobb salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon; 2 Little Gem lettuces chopped; 4 celery sticks, chopped; 1 cooked chicken breast and 1 cooked chicken leg, skinned and shredded; 75g blue cheese crumbled; 2 hard-boiled eggs halved; crusty bread (optional); 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1-2 tsp clear honey; 2 spring onions finely sliced

For the salad

6 rashers smoked streaky bacon
2 Little Gem lettuces
chopped
4 celery
sticks, chopped
1 cooked chicken breast
and 1 cooked chicken leg, skinned and shredded
75g blue cheese
crumbled
2 hard-boiled eggs
halved
crusty bread
(optional)

For the dressing

4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1-2 tsp clear honey
2 spring onions
finely sliced

Method

step 1
Fry the bacon until crisp and cooked through, then very roughly chop.
step 2
To make the dressing, mix the olive oil, vinegar, mustard and honey with 1 tbsp water and some seasoning. Save 2 tbsp in the fridge for another salad (see 'Goes well with'). Stir the spring onions into the rest of the dressing.
step 3
Use the chopped lettuce and celery as a base, then arrange the bacon, chicken, blue cheese and hard-boiled eggs on top and drizzle over the dressing. Serve with bread, if you like.