Deluxe Bacon, Lettuce And Tomato Salad With Fresh Ranch Dressing

 

                                                           I left it undressed so its photogenic

 

 Deluxe Bacon, Lettuce And Tomato Salad With Fresh Ranch Dressing

Bacon Cubes

Lets Confit The Bacon Slab

1/2 a Slab of MEATY Bacon

2.5 lb Lard

Cut the bacon like this

Melt the lard in a dutch oven and add the bacon and put in a preheated 250 F oven for 5 hours.

Remove the bacon gently from the lard. Let the lard cool to room temp, strain the lard back into its plastic tub and put in the fridge for the next batch you make.

Fry the bacon cubes in 300 F oil in a pot on the stove till crisp, like this

 

Roasted Grape Tomatoes

 1 box Grape tomatoes

1/4 cup oil

1 t salt

1/4 t pepper

2 T chopped parsley

1/4 cup chopped onion

2 chopped cloves garlic 

Toss everything in a pan and roast in a 350F oven till caramelized and soft

Lettuce

Fresh Ranch Dressing

 Put it all together and eat