Spud Roulade Salad
- 12 slices apple hardwood smoked bacon
- 14 cup pine nuts
- 1 (20 ounce) package Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns
- 13 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 bunch fresh spinach
- lemon zest (or spinach leaves can be tossed in juice of one lemon)
- 1 bunch green onion
- 14 cup white wine vinegar
- 12 tablespoon honey
- 12 tablespoon apricot preserves
- 12 cup garlic-flavored olive oil
- salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 12 toothpicks
- dehydrated corn (to garnish)
- Place bacon in cast iron skillet and cook for 5 mins per side (note: cook in batches of four and bacon should be pliable).
- Place cooked bacon on paper towel.
- Repeat until all 12 slices are done.
- Pour off the rendered fat into baking dish.
- Toss pine nuts in the rendered fat and bake in a 400-degree oven for 4 minutes Set aside.
- Return the pan to stove on medium heat and cook Simply Potatoes Hashbrowns according to stovetop directions.
- While potatoes cook rinse and pat dry the spinach leaves and green onions.
- Chop the green onions and place into bowl for vinaigrette.
- Separate the spinach leaves from the stem.
- Chop stems and place in vinaigrette bowl.
- With hashbrowns done and still in the pan mash the butter and heavy cream into the cooked potatoes.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Put the white wine vinegar, honey and apricot preserves into the vinaigrette bowl and stir to mix.
- Slowly whisk garlic flavored olive oil into the mixture.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Place potatoes mixture along the strip of bacon, layer atop of that spinach leaves and sprinkle with lemon zest.
- Roll and secure the roulade with tooth pick and place on to serving dish.
- Repeat to make 12 rolls.
- Spoon vinaigrette over the entire plate.
- Sprinkle toasted pine nuts and dehydrated corn over the dish and serve.
- Enjoy!
bacon, nuts, potatoes, heavy cream, butter, fresh spinach, lemon zest, green onion, white wine vinegar, honey, apricot preserves, garlic, salt, fresh ground black pepper, toothpicks, corn
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spud-roulade-salad-475901 (may not work)