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.
Ingredients
- 4 heads gem lettuce cut in halves, lengthwise
- olive oil
- 2.5 ounces pancetta cubed
- 4 ounces mini grape tomatoes halved
- parsley chopped
Blue Cheese Dressing
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 ounces blue cheese crumbled, 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.
- Garnish with tomatoes, pancetta, parsley and
Nutrition
Calories: 942kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 25gFat: 79gSaturated Fat: 24gPolyunsaturated Fat: 29gSodium: 1108mgFiber: 14gSugar: 28g