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Cherry & Hot Bacon Dressing Salad

Source: Cherry De-Lite, Country Ovens, Forestville WI

Great way to use Door County dried cherries

Ingredients

  • Mixed greens for 8 people (I add baby leaf spinach-stems removed, as well)
  • ½ lb. (6 slices) center-cut bacon
  • ½ c. (1/4 c.) sliced or slivered almonds, toasted
  • ¼ c. (2 Tbls.) Cherry-De-Lite dried cherries

Dressing

  • 1/3 c. or (2 Tbls. + 2 t.) Cherry De-Lite cherry juice
  • 1/3 c. or (2 Tbls. + 2 t.) white wine vinegar
  • 1/3 c. or (2 Tbls. + 2 t.) white sugar

Instructions

Fry bacon and reserve 2 tablespoons (1 Tbls. if only making half the dressing) of the bacon drippings in frying pan. Crumble bacon and set aside.

Dressing: To the frying pan add, cherry juice, vinegar, sugar and dried cherries. Simmer for 5 minutes while stirring.

Place lettuce on individual salad plates

Pour warm dressing over lettuce and top with reserved crumbled bacon pieces and almonds.

Serves 8

NOTE: This recipe will make 8 salads; the ingredients in parenthesis will made 4 salads