Soft-boiled egg, bacon & watercress salad - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 shallot, very finely chopped
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 heaped tsp wholegrain mustard
• 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
• handful chives, snipped (optional)
• 4 thick rashers streaky smoked dry-cured bacon
• 2 slices good white crusty bread (ideally sourdough)
• 2 good handfuls British watercress, thick stems removed