"Smoked Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken Thighs"

Ingredients

• 2 Italian sesame rolls or a few thick slices of stale bread
• 2 tbsp. EVOO
• 2 tbsp. butter
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cup EVOO
• ¾ cup crumbled blue cheese (I like Oscar’s smoked blue, available online at - >)
• 10 to 12 small fresh leaves basil
• ⅓ cup white wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 ½ tsp. crushed red pepper
• 1 tsp. each salt and pepper
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• 2 tbsp. EVOO, plus more for drizzling
• 1 tsp. ground sage
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 16 thin slices speck (smoked prosciutto)
• 8 cups (total) roughly torn or coarsely chopped escarole and romaine hearts
• 1 firm sweet-tart apple, such as Honeycrisp, quartered and thinly sliced
• 1 lemon
• 1 cup (total) celery tops and fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
• ½ small bulb fennel, cored and very thinly sliced
• 1 small onion, very thinly sliced
• ⅓ cup dry vermouth or crisp, dry white wine
• ½ cup chicken stock