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Dandelion salad

Name: Dandelion salad
Prep time: 39 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 700 g dandelions; 100 g smoked pork belly (or thick cut streaky bacon); 100 g bread; 30 g butter; 1 tablespoon oil; 3 tablespoons vinegar; french dressing (vinaigrette)

Dandelion salad, a great classic of local and spring recipes, is simply dandelions served with lardons, croutons and a good vinaigrette dressing.

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Duration

55 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: April 13^th 2025

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 700 g dandelions
2 100 g smoked pork belly (or thick cut streaky bacon)
3 100 g bread
4 30 g butter
5 1 tablespoon oil
6 3 tablespoons vinegar
7 french dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 990 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

40 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

55 min.

Preparation 40 min.

Cooking 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Prepare 700 g dandelions, then soak in cold water with a little vinegar.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 15 min.

After about 15 minutes, drain them and spin-dry.

Depending on their size and your taste, leave them whole or cut them into chiffonade.

Pour into a salad bowl.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cut 100 g smoked pork belly (or thick cut streaky bacon) into small pieces and set aside.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cut 100 g bread into small pieces and set aside.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

In a small frying pan over medium heat, melt 30 g butter.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

When frothy, add the bread pieces...

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

...and brown to taste, stirring regularly.

Set aside for later.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

In the same pan, pour 1 tablespoon oil then add the smoked bacon...

Stage 9 - ⌛ 5 min.

...and brown to taste, stirring regularly.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.

Once golden, turn off the heat and pour 3 tablespoons vinegar back into the pan.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 1 min.

It's about to boil, so take the opportunity to deglaze the bottom of the pan.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour the entire contents of the pan over the dandelions, add the croutons and mix well.

Stage 13 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add the vinaigrette and toss again, and your dandelion salad is ready.

Remarks

To get into the "Lyonnais" spirit, you can add hard-boiled or poached eggs to your salad.

Keeping: To be enjoyed during the day.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	20 g RDI=31 %	118 g RDI=45 %	9 g RDI=13 %	121 kcal RDI=6 %	511 kJ RDI=6 %
Per person	49 g RDI=77 %	293 g RDI=111 %	23 g RDI=32 %	301 kcal RDI=15 %	1,264 kJ RDI=15 %
Whole recipe	199 g RDI=308 %	1,172 g RDI=443 %	93 g RDI=128 %	1,207 kcal RDI=60 %	5,056 kJ RDI=60 %