List of recipes using Small pieces of bacon: 14 recipes (lactose free)

Alsatian-style salad

This salad is based on a traditional Alsatian recipe: cabbage julienne, warm potatoes, bacon, parsley and vinaigrette.
January 3^rd 2014277 K4.4 1 hour 15 min.

Baby spinach salad

It might not be obvious, but spinach can be eaten raw, as in this salad, where the leaves are shredded and mixed with croutons, lardons (bacon bits) and hard-boiled eggs.
June 12^th 201985 K 45 min.

Bistro-style cabbage salad

This salad, inspired by French bistro cuisine, combines cabbage with fried potatoes and lardons, and hard-boiled eggs in a vinaigrette dressing.
April 6^th 202219 K 40 min.

Salad lyonnaise

Salad lyonnaise conjures up the cuisine of the French city of Lyon and the region around: traditionally a salad of dandelion leaves with croutons, lardons and poached eggs. Here is a slightly simpler version with shredded lettuce instead of dandelions.
December 29^th 202123 K 45 min.

African style chicken

This is a sort of smoked chicken, cooked in a tomato-coconut sauce, and served with kidney beans and plain rice. It's quite a simple recipe, with ready-made ingredients, but which needs a long cooking time on low heat (one hour).
February 21^th 2011403 K5 2 hours 4 min.

Beef braised in reduced red wine

In classic recipes of this kind, the meat is simply cooked in the wine as it comes. This version is different: the red wine is reduced first separately on low heat with herbs, onion and carrot, then the meat is cooked long and slow in this. This method gives the meat a richer, more intense flavour.
March 12^th 201751 K3.8 3 hours 55 min.

Rabbit civet

Rabbit civet is a classic dish of French cuisine. The word "civet" comes from "cive", an old word for onion. These days, the name refers to chunks of meat, marinated then cooked slowly in red wine with bacon, mushrooms and onions. This tasty stew or casserole, with its very tender meat, is like my...
May 10^th 202391 K4 15 hours 20 min.

Rabbit with mustard

This recipe uses boned rabbit. This is sautéed in mustard then cooked in the oven. It is served with broad beans, bacon and mushrooms, and a sauce made with reduced white wine.
May 15^th 2011184 K4.9 2 hours 9 min.

Chicken pie

Apart from the obvious chicken, this pie's puff pastry "lid" also conceals mushrooms, bacon, hard-boiled eggs and leeks.
May 10^th 2023112 K4.3 2 hours 30 min.

Oven omelette

For this omelette with a difference, we'll fry sliced potatoes, bacon (lardons) and onions, then pour the beaten eggs over and finish cooking everything together in the oven. The French sometimes call this an "Omelette of Moyenmoutier" after a village in the Vosges.
May 21^th 201757 K4.6 55 min.

Röstis

Probably a swiss recipe originally, but also known in the French region of Franche-comté. This version is more sophisticated.
February 21^th 2011260 K4.2 40 min.

Split peas "à la française"

To cook fresh peas à la française (French style), they are first blanched in boiling water, then combined with fried lardons and onion. This idea can also be used with split peas, but they need cooking for much longer.
February 5^th 2020166 K 55 min.

Bacon rolls

These tasty little rolls are enriched with bacon bits and toasted sesame seeds. The slightly flaky texture comes from lard, folded in like for puff pastry. Served sliced, these make an ideal savoury snack to share with friends over a drink.
October 24^th 201761 K4.6 3 hours 40 min.

How to cook bacon and remove excess fat

To prevent excess fat in a recipe using bacon, you can "blanch" it before use, leaving most of the fat in the pan with the water.
February 21^th 2011378 K 44.8 15 min.