Frisee

Robert Trathen

Ingredients

1	Oil
6	Bacon rashers (Main)
1	Crushed garlic
2 slices	Bread, cubed
1	Red wine
1	Oil, salad
1 to taste	Salt & freshly ground pepper

Directions

1. Grill some bacon rashers, retaining the fat that the bacon drips. Set the bacon aside and keep warm.
2. Add some oil and crushed garlic to the bacon fat. Toss cubes of bread around in this and put back in the oven to crisp up.
3. Reduce some red wine in a pan by half, add a little salad oil and season well with salt and pepper.
4. Cut the warm bacon into chunks and add to the pan, then remove from the heat.
5. Make a nest of frisee leaves then pour the hot red wine vinaigrette and bacon over the leaves and top with the garlic croutons.