Iceberg Wedge Salad Recipe 455

CHOPPED ICEBERG WEDGE

Steps:

• Make the dressing: Whisk the mayonnaise, ketchup, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce and salt to taste in a small bowl until smooth.
• Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, then transfer with a slotted spoon to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain.
• Roughly chop the lettuce, then toss with some of the dressing in a serving bowl. Top with the tomatoes and scallions. Scatter the bacon and blue cheese over the salad; season with pepper and sprinkle with the parsley. Serve with more dressing on the side.

ULTIMATE ICEBERG WEDGE SALAD

Steps:

• First make the homemade blue cheese dressing, unless you're going to use a bottled blue cheese dressing. I know you're going to love this one though- give it a try!
• Add the walnuts to a pan over medium-high heat. Toast for a minute or two. When the become fragrant, it's time to add in the butter and pinch of salt.
• Let the butter melt and then stir occasionally until the butter browns. If the pan starts to smoke, remove from the heat immediately and allow to cool, stirring constantly.
• Set aside to cool.
• Core the lettuce head (suggestion on how to do this easily listed above in the post), and slice in half, then into wedges.
• Add each wedge to a plate. Add the tomatoes to each plate.
• Cover the wedges with some blue cheese dressing. The dressing acts as the glue to keep the toppings stuck to the salad.
• Top with the walnuts, shallots, chopped bacon and crumbed blue cheese.
• Admire your work and dig in. Happy eating!

EASY ICEBERG WEDGE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Combine dressing, garlic and basil in small bowl; stir well.
• Top each lettuce wedge with dressing and sprinkle with bacon and blue cheese. Garnish with shredded basil, if desired.

WEDGE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes, shallots and vinegar in a small bowl, and shower with salt and black pepper to taste. Set aside.
• Cook the bacon in a sauté pan until crisp on both sides, then drain on a paper towel. Crumble when cool, and set aside.
• Make the dressing. Put half the cheese into a medium-size bowl, and mash with a whisk. Add the buttermilk, mayonnaise, olive oil, hot sauce, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce, then mash and whisk the dressing until it is mostly smooth. You may wish for a little more hot sauce, lemon juice or Worcestershire, to taste. Then whisk again, and set aside.
• Assemble the salad. Place one wedge of lettuce on each plate, and gently spoon dressing over it. Sprinkle each wedge with crumbled bacon, the dressed tomato halves, the remaining blue cheese and some minced chives.

ST. ANSELM'S ICEBERG WEDGE SALAD

Steps:

• In a large skillet set over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp, approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Using tongs or a slotted spoon, remove the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Pour off all but 1/4 cup of the bacon fat in the skillet.
• Lower the heat under the skillet, then stir in the flour and cook, stirring often with a spoon, until the flour is lightly browned, approximately 3 to 5 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups water to the mixture, along with the vinegar, sugar and mustard, and allow to come to a simmer. Whisk the mixture frequently until the dressing is thick enough to resemble gravy and coat the back of a spoon, approximately 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
• Put the iceberg wedges on plates. Drizzle with the warm dressing, and sprinkle with the bacon pieces, blue cheese and parsley. Serve immediately.

ICEBERG WEDGE

Steps:

• Remove outer leaves of lettuce and wash thoroughly in cold water. Drain and pat dry with paper towels then split into wedges and arrange on plates. Scatter grape tomato halves over and around the lettuce.
• Make dressing by combining mayonnaise and sour cream in a large mixing bowl. Squeeze in fresh lemon juice, fold in blue cheese and chives and season with salt and pepper. Pour dressing over wedge and grape tomatoes. Drizzle with a little extra-virgin olive oil and top with chives.

WEDGE SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, and lemon juice in a bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup cheese and chives, then season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes (and up to 3 days) to allow the flavors to really meld.
• Place bacon in a medium heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until fat is rendered and bacon is crisp, about 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain. Reserve bacon fat for another use (it's delicious for pan-frying hash browns), or discard.
• Halve cherry tomatoes (if using beefsteak, halve and squeeze out some seeds beforehand, so it's not watery, then cut into bite-size pieces). Season with salt and pepper; let stand 5 minutes. Cut lettuce through its core into 4 wedges; place each one on a plate. Spoon dressing on top and sprinkle with bacon, tomatoes, remaining 1/4 cup blue cheese, and more chives.

ICEBERG WEDGE SALAD WITH WARM BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Arrange lettuce wedges on serving plates and top each wedge with tomato and green onion pieces.
• Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels; chop when cool enough to handle. Transfer bacon to a bowl.
• Dissolve brown sugar with red wine vinegar, salt, and black pepper in the hot skillet over medium heat, whisking until brown sugar has dissolved. Stir bacon into dressing; adjust seasoning. Pour hot bacon dressing over lettuce wedges.

EASY ICEBERG WEDGE SALAD

Steps:

• Cut lettuce in half. Remove the outer leaves from the lettuce (THese are discarded). Rinse the lettuce halves and set aside, cut-side down to dry.
• Cut each lettuce half into quarters to create the wedges. You now have 8 small wedges.
• in a bowl- combine the sweet chilli sauce, the oil, lime zest and lime juice. Mix well.
• Stir the coriander through the sauce.
• Place the wedges on serving plates or a large platter.
• Season with salt and pepper.