Spinach Salad with Bacon Dressing

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Ingredients

• 200gr. spinach
• 1/2 green apple, diced
• 4 strips smoked bacon
• 1/2 onion
• 100gr. anthotyro cheese (or ricotta), crumbled
• 2 tbsp dark brown sugar

For the Dressing mix together:

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp bacon fat from the skillet
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Wash the spinach and dry with a kitchen towel.
2. Cut the bacon in small pieces, bring a skillet to medium-high heat and fry the bacon till it gets brown and crispy.
3. Set the bacon aside on kitchen paper and preserve 1 tablespoon of the fat for the dressing.
4. Thin slice the onion, heat up a small skillet, cook the onion with the sugar and stir well till the sugar melts.
5. In a larger bowl, add all the ingredients and the dressing and mix well with your hands.
6. Serve in a large plate – bowl.

Spinach Salad with Bacon Dressing