Butter Lettuce Salad with Blue Cheese Vinegarette
Soups and Salads
8 slices bacon
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup blue cheese (Roquefort)
2 heads butter lettuce
½ cup dried cherries or cranberries
Cook bacon -- crumble. Whisk mayonnaise and vinegar. Gradually whisk in oil, then cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
Toss lettuce, ½ the dried fruit and ½ the bacon with enough dressing to coat. Divide salad to plates and top with remaining dried fruit and bacon.