Growing Chefs! Ontario Wedge Salad

Wedge Salad

Iceberg gets a bad rap for being a boring lettuce, but it is absolutely shines in a wedge salad. Its crisp and crunchy texture makes it a knife and fork salad, which is substantial on its own as a lunch or dinner.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Yield
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 iceberg lettuce8 slices bacon, cooked and chopped1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved1/2 cup red onion, finely diced

Dressing

Ingredients
1 cup sour cream1/2 cup mayonnaise3 tablespoons buttermilk3 teaspoons red wine vinegar1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce1 garlic clove, minced4 ozs blue cheese, crumbled Pepper to taste Salt to taste
Equipment
Measuring cupsMeasuring spoonsCutting boardMedium frying panWooden spoonBowls various sizesWhiskSpatulaTongsDish towelTasting spoons

Directions

Get Organized!

Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.

Get Prepped!

Cut the iceberg lettuce in half, and then into quarters. Remove the core, and keep the wedges together.

Cut tomatoes into halves. Finely dice the red onion.

Measure out the salad ingredients, the sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, red wine vinegar, worcestershire, blue cheese and garlic clove. Finely mince the garlic with a rasp or chefā€™s knife.

Get Cooking!

Preheat a medium sized frying pan over medium heat. Cook the bacon until crispy, and remove from the pan to cool. When cooled, chop into small pieces.

To make the dressing, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, red wine vinegar, Worcestershire, about half of the blue cheese, garlic, pepper and salt to taste.

To plate the salad, place a wedge of iceberg on each plate. Put a good amount of dressing on each of the wedges of salad, and sprinkle with cherry tomatoes, red onion, bacon, and the rest of the blue cheese.