I found some gorgeous fresh spinach and cherry tomatoes from the food market. Bacon makes this salad so flavorful but at the same time, the dish is fresh with great produce and tangy vinegar. And it never hurts that making it takes only a moment.
Ingredients (serves 3-4)
- 1/2 cup (1.25 dl) pecans
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 red onion
- 2 cups (5 dl) cherry tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 pound (450 g) fresh spinach
- coarse salt & pepper
Toast pecans in the oven at 350 F (175 C) for 10-15 minutes until fragrant. While the pecans are toasting, cook chopped bacon until crispy in a large skillet. Scoop the bacon on paper towels.
Keep around 3 tablespoons of the bacon fat in the pan. Add in chopped red onion and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Add tomatoes, vinegar, lime juice and sugar. Stirring occasionally, cook the mixture for a minute until the liquid thickens a bit and the tomatoes are heated through.
Lift rinsed and dried spinach leaves on top of the mixture, and let them steam there for a moment just until the spinach starts to wilt. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with bacon and pecans.
{ recipe adapted from everyday food }
Oh, YUM! I have to try this recipe. I love everything with fresh spinach leaves. This salad sounds divine. I like the addition of roasted pecans.
Posted by: Sarka | May 18, 2010 at 06:35 PM
Ooh, lovely. I don't eat bacon but this looks wonderful. I might try it with some gorgonzola or something to add that salty flavour.
Posted by: Ele | May 18, 2010 at 07:06 PM
Look at the colors of that salad!
So beautiful!
Posted by: Patricia Scarpin | May 18, 2010 at 09:29 PM
I've been making efforts to eat mostly vegetarian, but I always make exceptions for my mom's warm bacon salad. This one looks great too!
Posted by: mara | May 18, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Don't think I have ever tried adding lime juice to my spinach salad but, thanks to your post and the beautiful photos I will...maybe tonight!
Posted by: Robin | May 18, 2010 at 11:36 PM
Gorgeous recipe, even more gorgeous photograph. I'm a newbie commenter, but I've been reading your blog for a while and come to conclusion that Sparkling Ink is the most beautiful and inspiring fashion/food/lifestyle blog in Finland. Honestly.
But I have a dilemma should I read your Finnish blog if I'm already happy with SI... So um, are you going to publish different articles there as well or is it just a translated version of SI?
PS: please could you recommend some design and home decor web shops (preferably Finnish)? I'm going to move at the end of the month and I want to make my new home as lovely as possible.
Posted by: Kafi | May 19, 2010 at 07:25 AM
Thank you for the lovely comments, friends!
Ele, gorgonzola or even aged gouda would be yummy with this salad.
Robin, I actually used lime juice for the first time with this recipe. I usually only add white wine vinegar but thought I would try to replace part of it with some other acidity. I loved it!
Kafi, thanks for leaving your first comment, and such a sweet one too! Hearing from you guys really make my day! That's a good question about the two blogs. If you've been reading Sparkling Ink and are perfectly happy reading the content in English, Fanni & Kaneli will not offer much new in that case since F&K will be sharing most of its content with SI. I'm planning to use some of my favorite SI recipes on F&K in the near future, so you might have seen them already here. When I post a recipe on SI, I will post it on F&K in Finnish as well. I might occasionally post a Finnish holiday related recipe only on F&K when its only current in Finland, such as May Day.
When it comes to the conversational part of the text, it naturally wont be exactly the same since I'm talking to my Finnish audience instead of my international friends. F&K and SI are planned for separate audiences, so reading both will be mostly repetition. You can choose which language you prefer to read, and if you have a chance to quickly stop by the other blog sometimes, just to make sure you're not missing anything. I'm so glad you've enjoyed it here!
Posted by: tiina | May 19, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Kafi, oops - I almost forgot your other question! We have bought a lot basic furniture for our home from Ikea, and just added pretty little details for personality. I have found a lot of things for my freelance home articles and also for our home from stores like Villa Harmonie http://www.villaharmonie.fi/ Livinki http://www.livinki.fi/ Ihan Pieni Putiikki http://www.ihanpieniputiikki.fi/ and Pino http://www.pino.fi/ Happy decorating!
Posted by: tiina | May 19, 2010 at 12:32 PM
So it's finally warm over there if you're eating such lovely salads? Austria is still FREEZING! Apparently this was the coldest May in recorded history in London, oof.
Posted by: Sasa | May 19, 2010 at 02:09 PM
Hi, Sasa! The summer temps finally arrived after a cold spring. Love the heat!
Posted by: tiina | May 19, 2010 at 02:44 PM
Yummy :))))
thank you . I think that I will try this. :)))
for sure.
thank you.
xoxo,
raru
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