Chef Tom Fraker

Wedge Salad with Spicy Roquefort Dressing

Name: Wedge Salad with Spicy Roquefort Dressing
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 6 ounces bleu cheese or Roquefort, of good quality - crumbled; ½ cup Greek yogurt; 3 tablespoons seedless lemon juice; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 3 tablespoons milk; Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 10 Dried Pequin Peppers, ground in a spice grinder; 1 head organic Iceberg lettuce, about 2 pounds; ½ pound Baby Heirloom Tomatoes or Cherry Tomatoes – halved; 1 box Melissa's Steamed Artichoke Hearts; 1 (3.8 ounces) can sliced black olives; ½ organic red onion (6 ounces) – sliced thin; 4 slices thick bacon – cooked and crumbled

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Servings

4 servings

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

0 minutes

Author:

Chef Tom Fraker

This is not your typical Bleu Cheese Dressing!

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Ingredients

For the Dressing

6 ounces bleu cheese or Roquefort, of good quality - crumbled
½ cup Greek yogurt
3 tablespoons seedless lemon juice
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons milk
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
10 Dried Pequin Peppers, ground in a spice grinder

For the salad

1 head organic Iceberg lettuce, about 2 pounds
½ pound Baby Heirloom Tomatoes or Cherry Tomatoes – halved
1 box Melissa's Steamed Artichoke Hearts
1 (3.8 ounces) can sliced black olives
½ organic red onion (6 ounces) – sliced thin
4 slices thick bacon – cooked and crumbled

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Directions

For the Dressing

Add all of the dressing ingredients to a bowl and whisk until well combined. Set aside.

For the Salad

Remove the core and outer leaves of the iceberg lettuce, rinse well, then quarter it into wedges and set aside.
Combine the rest of the salad ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
To serve, place a lettuce wedge on each of 4 salad plates. Spoon equal amounts of the salad mixture over each wedge and top with the dressing.

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