Recipes - Asparagus Salad with Bacon and Butter Lettuce - Applegate

Ingredients

• For the salad dressing:
• ¼ cup finely grated Pecorino Romano cheese
• 3 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
• 1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
• Juice of half a lemon, or to taste
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Handful of parsley leaves, finely chopped
• For the salad:
• 1 pound thin fresh asparagus, trimmed and thinly sliced
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• Handful of fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
• 4–8 butter lettuce leaves
• 4 slices Applegate Naturals
• ® Sunday Bacon
• ® Brand, cooked