Name: Spinach Salad and Fried Chèvre
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 12 ounces fresh baby spinach; 4 hard boiled eggs (peeled); 1/3 cup red onion (thinly sliced or diced); 8 mushrooms (thinly sliced); 7-8 slices bacon (diced); 4 campari or plum tomatoes (cut into wedges - or 1 cup grape/cherry tomatoes, halved); 1 cucumber (peeled, seeded and sliced into half moons); 4 ounces goat cheese; 1/2 cup panko or dry breadcrumbs; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoon hot rendered bacon fat; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 large shallot (minced); 2 teaspoons dijon mustard; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; special equipment: unwaxed (unflavored dental floss)