Canlis Salad - Salad

Ingredients

• Salad
• 1 large head Romaine hearts, cut into 1" pieces
• (Wash individual leaves in warm water, drain and dry in colander then chill in refrigerator. Don't ever, ever toss a Canlis Salad with warm or wet leaves!!)
• 8 cherry tomatoes cut in half
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onion
• 3/4 cup freshly grated Romano cheese
• 1/2 cup very well done chopped bacon
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh mint*
• 1 tablespoon thinly sliced oregano leaves
• 1/2 cup croutons*
• kosher salt and fresh ground tellicherry black pepper to taste
• Dressing
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground tellicherry black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 coddled egg*
• Ingredient notes:
• Mint - you can't use too much mint (experiment yourself)
• Coddled Egg - Pour boiling water into a cup and put a whole egg (in the shell) into the hot water , let sit for 1 minute. You may substitute with pasteurized egg mixture (found in the dairy section in cartons).
• Croutons - We make our own croutons. Butter and Italian seasoning.