Salade aux noix

Ingredients

• 1 large head buttercrunch lettuce or similar small-leafed variety
• 1 large clove garlic
• 1 baguette (ideally one that's half a day old), sliced into thin rounds
• olive oil, for drizzling and frying
• 100 gram walnut halves
• 200 gram lardons or dry-cured bacon cut into 1cm x 2cm pieces – order from your butcher
• Dressing
• 3 tablespoon sherry vinegar (if you can't find it, use red wine vinegar)
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon walnut oil (if you can't get it, use olive oil)
• 5 tablespoon olive oil