Kale Salad with Pickled Beets, Bacon, Blue Cheese, and Honey-Clove Vinaigrette – Moveable Feast

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 Tbs. fennel seeds
• 1 Tbs. caraway seeds
• 1 Tbs. black peppercorns
• 1-1/2 tsp. yellow mustard seeds
• 5 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Kosher salt
• 1 lb. baby beets (about 1-inch diameter), peeled and very thinly sliced on a mandoline
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 1 Tbs. honey
• 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
• 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 lb. lacinato kale, washed, stemmed, and torn into bite-size pieces
• 1 lb. slab bacon, cut lengthwise into1/2-inch slices and crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick lardons
• 4 oz. blue cheese, crumbled into large pieces