Best Warm Bread Salad Of Crispy Pancetta Parmesan And Poached Egg Recipes

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WARM BREAD SALAD



Warm Bread Salad image

This is, quite possibly, the bread salad to end all bread salads. Judy Rodgers, the legendary chef and bread lover, developed it to serve alongside roast chicken, but it's perfect paired with any roast meat. Bread chunks are mixed with a sharp vinaigrette, softened currants, toasted pine nuts and lightly cooked scallions and garlic. Everything is piled into a roasting pan then slid into the oven just before the chicken comes out and stays in while the chicken rests (if you're not making it with chicken, heat the oven to 450, turn it off and pop the salad in for 15 minutes). At the last minute, toss the bread mixture with arugula and vinaigrette. Top with your meat of choice (or not) and dig in.

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Categories     salads and dressings, appetizer, side dish

Time 1h

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 tablespoon dried currants
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons pine nuts
8 to 10 ounces slightly stale ciabatta or other open-textured white bread
8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons Champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar, approximately
Salt and coarsely ground black pepper
3 garlic cloves, slivered
1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions
4 tablespoons lightly salted chicken stock or lightly salted water
4 cups arugula leaves or mustard greens, rinsed and dried

Steps:

  • Place currants in a small dish, add red wine vinegar and 1 tablespoon warm water, and set aside. Heat broiler. Place pine nuts in small baking dish, and toast under broiler until very lightly colored. Set aside.
  • Cut bread into three or four large chunks. Closely trim off most of the crust and reserve, if desired, to toast and use for bread crumbs or to float in soup. Brush bread all over with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Briefly broil bread chunks, turning until crisp and golden on surface. Remove from oven, trim off any charred tips, and tear chunks into irregular pieces, from 2-inch wads to large crumbs. You should have 4 cups. Place in wide metal, glass or ceramic salad bowl.
  • Whisk 1/4 cup olive oil with 1 1/2 tablespoons Champagne vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle 1 1/2 tablespoons of this dressing over bread and toss.
  • Place one tablespoon olive oil in a small skillet. Add garlic and scallions, and cook, stirring constantly, over low heat until softened but not colored. Add to bread and fold in. Drain currants and fold in. Add pine nuts and fold in. Drizzle salad with stock or water, and fold in. Taste a couple of pieces of bread. Add a little more vinegar, salt and pepper if necessary. Toss well, and transfer to a 4-cup baking dish. Tent lightly with foil. Do not wash salad bowl. Set salad aside until about 30 minutes before serving time.
  • Heat oven to 450 degrees. Place bread salad in oven, turn off heat, and leave for 15 minutes. Return salad to bowl. Add greens, remaining vinaigrette, and enough of remaining olive oil so bread is not dry. Toss again. Serve with grilled or roasted meat.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 473, UnsaturatedFat 26 grams, Carbohydrate 38 grams, Fat 32 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 434 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 0 grams

WARM WINTER BREAD SALAD



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This is winter's answer to summery panzanella. The assertive bread salad combines bitter greens, bacon, and hazelnuts, as well as oversize croutons, all tossed with herb vinaigrette. Recipe and image reprinted with permission from "Tartine Bread," by Chad Robertson, with photographs by Eric Wolfinger.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Ingredients     Meat & Poultry     Pork Recipes

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 slices (1 inch thick) day-old Tartine Bakery's Country Bread, torn into 1-inch pieces (5 cups)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
2 small Belgian endives, leaves separated
1 head radicchio, inner leaves only, torn into 1-inch pieces
1 small head red-leaf lettuce, leaves torn into 1-inch pieces
1 head frisee, inner leaves only
1/3 cup blanched hazelnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
3 strips thick-cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
Herb Vinaigrette
Finely grated pecorino Toscano cheese, for garnish

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Tossbread with oil and a pinch of salt.Spread onto a baking sheet,and bake until golden brown andcrisp, about 15 minutes.
  • Combine endives, radicchio,lettuce, and frisee in a bowl. Addhazelnuts, bacon, and croutons.Drizzle with half the vinaigrette,and toss well to combine.Add remaining vinaigrette asdesired. Season with salt andpepper. Garnish with cheese.

WARM BREAD SALAD OF CRISPY PANCETTA, PARMESAN AND POACHED EGG



Warm Bread Salad of Crispy Pancetta, Parmesan and Poached Egg image

This is a Jamie Oliver Recipe for a really tasty and 'posh' looking salad. You will want about 3 large handfuls of rocket. The lettuce should be Oak leaf lettuce if you can get it. But you can use any salad leaves you like. The pancetta must be thinly sliced, or you can use thin sliced dry-cured smoked streaky bacon.

Provided by Jan-Luvs2Cook

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 35m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 loaf ciabatta
extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove
sea salt
black pepper
12 slices pancetta
1 lemon, juice of
4 large eggs
rocket
1 lettuce
100 g parmesan cheese

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas6.
  • Leave the eggs in their shells at this point (you will need to poach them later on).
  • Shave the parmesan with a vegetable peeler and put to one side.
  • Peel and slice the garlic.
  • Remove the crusts from the ciabatta and discard. Tear the bread into finger sized pieces.
  • Put them on a baking tray and drizzle with a little olive oil and toss with the garlic and seasoning.
  • Bake for 10 minutes until the bread is crisp.
  • Lay the pancetta over the bread and bake for about 5 more minutes - until that's also crispy.
  • Mix the lemon juice with 8 tablespoons of olive oil and season.
  • Put a big pan of unsalted water on to boil.
  • In a large bowl, toss the salad leaves, pancetta, bread and the dressing together.
  • Divide between 4 plates.
  • When the pan is simmering, gently crack the 4 eggs into the simmering water to poach.
  • Simmer for 4 minutes if you like a soft egg, or to your liking.
  • Place an egg on top of each salad and add the parmesan shavings.
  • Serve straight away - Don't let the eggs get cold!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 225.8, Fat 12.5, SaturatedFat 5.9, Cholesterol 233.5, Sodium 528.1, Carbohydrate 10.2, Fiber 3.6, Sugar 3, Protein 19.7

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