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Roasted Garlic Caesar Salad

Course Salad
Keyword caesar salad, garlic, kale, salad
Servings 6
Author Fraîche

Ingredients

For the Dressing

  • 2 heads of garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup olive oil plus extra for the roasted garlic
  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 3 anchovy filets packed in oil, drained
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese and more to garnish
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • pinch of sugar

For the Salad

  • 1 bunch roughly chopped kale  stems removed,
  • 2 hearts roughly chopped romaine lettuce
  • croutons for garnish

Instructions

Roast the Garlic

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 F, remove the excess papery skins off of the heads of garlic (keep the heads intact), and prepare 2 pieces of aluminum foil big enough to wrap each head. Keeping the garlic head intact, cut the top (about 1/4") off of each garlic head to just expose the cloves of garlic. Place each head of garlic on the aluminum foil, drizzle each with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and wrap the garlic tightly in the aluminium foil. Bake for 1 hour, seam-side up.

Cook the Bacon

  1. Once the garlic is done, remove from oven and set aside. Turn the heat up to 400 F and place the bacon on a parchment lined baking sheet. Cook for 15-20 minutes, until crispy. Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Cool and roughly chop the bacon.

Make the Dressing

  1. Combine the lemon juice, Dijon mustard, anchovy fillets, and a ¼ cup of grated parmesan cheese in a food processor or blender. Squeeze all of the roasted garlic out of the skins into the food processor or blender and blend to combine. With the processor or blender running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Season with the sugar and salt and pepper to taste.

Assemble the Salad

  1. When ready to eat, place the chopped kale and romaine into a large bowl and toss in the bacon and croutons. Toss with the dressing, garnish with extra parmesan and serve!