Beef Bacon Panzanella Salad

Beef Bacon Panzanella Salad

Ingredients

  • 4 strips Godshall’s Beef Bacon
  • 4 cups sourdough bread,cut into 1″ cubes
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil (divided), +more for garnish
  • 1 large Heirloom tomato, cut to wedges (or 2 medium vine ripened tomatoes)
  • ½ small red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 head butter lettuce, roughly torn
  • 1 Burrata
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Line two sheet pans with parchment, add Godshall’s Beef Bacon to one and bread cubes to the other. Drizzle bread cubes with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Bake both trays for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, rotate trays and take bread out if it is toasted to your liking. Cook for another 5-7 minutes, or until bacon is crispy and bread is golden brown and toasted fully.
  3. Remove bacon from oven and cool before chopping into 1-inch pieces.
  4. In a large bowl, combine toasted bread cubes, tomato, lettuce, onion, and bacon pieces, toss together with remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and the vinegar, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  5. Divide the salad evenly between plates, cut the burrata in half or quarters accordingly, and place on top of the salads; garnish with some ground pepper and a light olive oil drizzle.