Grilled Little Gem Lettuce with Blue Cheese Dressing
Grilling root vegetables enhances the taste of those veggies, and the same will happen to leafy vegetables like lettuce. Try these Grilled Little Gem Lettuce with Blue Cheese Dressing for a delicious light meal.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Servings: 2people
Author: Marinka
Ingredients
4headsgem lettucecut in halves, lengthwise
olive oil
2.5ouncespancettacubed
4ouncesmini grape tomatoeshalved
parsleychopped
Blue Cheese Dressing
1/2cupmayonnaise
1/2cup sour cream
1/2cupbuttermilk
1tablespoonlemon juice
2ouncesblue cheesecrumbled, leave some for garnish
salt and pepper
Instructions
Transfer the cubed pancetta to a skillet and cook until crispy. Start at a low temperature to allow the fat to render, then increase temperature to get the crisp you want.
Mix all the ingredients for the dressing and mix until smooth. Either by hand or with a blender.
Heat a grill pan (to get nice grill marks) or a grill or a skillet and grill/bake the lettuce halves (cut side down) a few minutes until lightly charred.
Transfer lettuce halves onto plates and pour some of the dressing over the lettuce.