Oakleaf Cress Salad

Ingredients

• 30 g thick-cut bacon (2 slices)
• 1 Red Onion
• 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp White Wine Vinegar
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp Honey
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 200 g Harzer Korbkäse (aged cheese with blue mold)
• 1 small apple
• 1 oakleaf salad
• 1 box garden cress

Instructions

1. 1.

   Dice the bacon finely and cook in a non-stick pan over medium heat until crisp, draining excess fat on paper towels.

2. 2.

   Peel and finely chop the onion. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice.

3. 3.

   Combine onions with lemon juice, vinegar, salt, pepper, mustard, honey, and oil in a salad bowl and whisk together.

4. 4.

   Slice the cheese into roughly 1 cm thick slices. Toss with the dressing and let rest for 10-12 minutes.

5. 5.

   Meanwhile wash the apple, dry it, halve it, remove the core, and cut into thin slivers.

6. 6.

   Clean the oakleaf salad, rinse, pat dry, and break into bite-sized pieces. Cut garden cress from the bed, rinse, and shake dry.

7. 7.

   Add the apple, oakleaf salad, and cress to the cheese and mix well. Plate, sprinkle bacon cubes on top, and serve.