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Cobb salad with green goddess dressing

Name: Cobb salad with green goddess dressing
Total time: 30 min
Yield: serves 2
Ingredients: sourdough 1/4 loaf; avocado 1 small, peeled and cut into chunks; blue cheese 75g, crumbled; mini plum tomatoes 100g, quartered; watercress 50g, leaves only; smoked streaky bacon 4 slices, cooked until crisp; spring onions 2, chopped including the green bits; lemon 1/2, juiced; mayonnaise 2 tbsp; basil 1/2 small bunch, chopped; chives 1/2 small bunch, chopped

30 minutes
serves 2
Easy

Cobb salad is an American classic of chopped tomatoes, avocado, leaves and crisp bacon. Our version adds blue cheese, sourdough croutons and a green goddess dressing.

June 23, 2015 at 12:24 pm

Ingredients

sourdough 1/4 loaf
avocado 1 small, peeled and cut into chunks
blue cheese 75g, crumbled
mini plum tomatoes 100g, quartered
watercress 50g, leaves only
smoked streaky bacon 4 slices, cooked until crisp

GREEN GODDESS DRESSING

spring onions 2, chopped including the green bits
lemon 1/2, juiced
mayonnaise 2 tbsp
basil 1/2 small bunch, chopped
chives 1/2 small bunch, chopped

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/ fan 180C/gas 6.
Step 2

Cut the sourdough into chunks, toss in olive oil and bake for 10-15 mins until crisp and golden.
Step 3

Whizz all the dressing ingredients to a purée in a small food processor adding 2-3 tbsp water to loosen it (you want to be able to drizzle it) and season.
Step 4

Arrange all the salad ingredients except the bacon in separate piles on a plate. Drizzle over the dressing and break over the bacon.