This is one of my favorite French ‘composed’ salads.
Why? Because it has all the things everyone likes: poached egg (in my case, using this easy method); bacon from Berkshire pigs (lower in sodium!) and, conveniently, the tastiest; and fresh, local asparagus from Long Island.
I substituted apple pulp balsamic vinegar for the sherry vinegar because I am simply loving it at the moment and, really, putting it on everything I can.
Happy French Friday, everyone!
Apple pulp balsamic vinegar? What a great substitution!
Thank you! It’s delicious – made by Rienzi, if you want to look it up! I am a little bit obsessed.
You composed your salad beautifully! That apple pulp balsamic vinegar sounds delicious.
Thank you, Elaine! I really recommend the vinegar – the flavor is delicate yet pronounced at the same time.
Glad you enjoyed! The apple pulp vinegar sounds really interesting. I have never heard of that before…
I ran across it by chance at a store – they had pear pulp too, which sounds more unusual, so I am looking forward to trying that one sometime too.
I love having various kinds of vinegars and flavoured oils on hand – your apple pulp balsamic sounds wonderful! I love the way your salad looks, too.
Thank you, Teresa!
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Bacon on a salad? I fully support that. Love eggs and asparagus together too.
Bacon on anything! Me too, I do love eggs on any salad.
Your salad looks wonderful and well executed. I’m relatively new to your blog and don’t often comment. I did want you to know I’m here and really enjoy my visits to your site. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Thank you, Mary! And welcome 🙂
Wow! I’m just amazed by your style of blogging, looks really cool and yummy recipes too.
Thank you very much! and welcome to s&h 🙂
What a beautiful salad. I have never heard of the vinegar that you used, but I definitely going to check it out.
Thank you! I absolutely loved your salad too. Let me know if you need any more information on the vinegar, in case you have trouble finding it.
Berkshire pigs- apple pulp balsamic ? YES PLEASE !! Wow that sounds great. I feel like going gourmet shopping now…Nana loved this one but she is a fan of similar salads. I can’t swing runny yokes (chicken, I know 🙂 and will visit this one over next weekend when my whole family is home to test it. Which gives me time to find that balsamic…..
You know that I am a fan of runny yolks, but I’ve seen that many people are not – totally understandable. But I’m sure that once you make the salad, you’ll see that there are so many great flavors in there already, it will work well anyway! Enjoy:) and I hope you find that vinegar!
This looks really delicious. I love the vinegar substitution you made. I also found the way you poached your eggs quite interesting. I hope you have a wonderful day. Blessings…Mary
Thank you, Mary! I hope you give it a try sometime.