Southern Chopped Salad - VeryVera

Ingredients

• 8 oz thick center-cut bacon, cooked and chopped
• 8 oz baby arugula
• 1 Cosmic Crisp apple, diced
• 1/2 c toasted pecan halves, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 c dried cranberries
• 1/2 c white shoepeg corn
• 1/2 c fresh green beans, blanched and chopped
• 1/2 c Alpine blend Swiss and Gruyere cheese, shredded
• 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 tsp. freshly grated orange peel
• 1 tbsp. freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 tsp. yellow mustard
• 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup
• Kosher salt, to taste
• 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
• 1 small shallot, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp. reserved bacon grease
• 1/3 c pecan oil