Ingredients
- 2 fresh figs (Pauley Family Farm)
- 1 block chevre (Goat Island Dairy)
- 200gm streaky bacon (Blue Mountain Butchery)
- 2 cups rocket
- ½ cup balsamic vinegar
- ¼ cup cold pressed olive oil (Dunford Grove)
Vendors
Fig, Chevre Salad with Crispy Streaky Bacon
Method
- Heat a large pan on the stove top to a medium heat
- Place the bacon in and lay flat
- Cook until beginning to brown and flip it
- Cook until browning and remove from heat
- Allow to cool
- Place balsamic vinegar in a small pot on the stove top and heat until it reaches a rolling boiling
- Reduce until halved in volume
- Remove from heat
- To assemble the salad, place rocket in a large shallow bowl, cut the figs in half length ways, and then cut each half into 4 length ways and arrange on top of the rocket
- Cut the chevre into desired sized pieces and arrange alongside the figs
- The bacon should have gone very crispy on cooling, break into shards and arrange on top of the salad
- Drizzle with the balsamic reduction and olive oil
- Enjoy!