Curly endive and bacon salad

This of course is the famous "frisée aux lardons" that is extremely popular in France as a starter salad or even as a full meal with a few additions.

It is extremely easy to make. All you need is :

1 head of curly endive, washed and broken up
1 chunk of thick bacon, cut into small rectangular pieces (lardons)
2 shallots, finely chopped
vinegar (balsamic or wine vinegar)
olive oil
salt, pepper

Put the endive in the salad bowl with the shallots.
Prepare your vinagrette in a small bowl with the vingegar, oil, salt & pepper.

(This is because you want everything to be ready as soon as the bacon is cooked.)

Fry the bacon pieces until they are golden and slightly crispy.

Put the bacon on top of the salad, add the vinaigrette and toss.

Serve immediately.

To make this a more consistent meal, you can add one or two poached eggs in everyone's plate and a piece of cheese.

You can also chop parsley or coriander or chives and sprinkle it on top of the salad before serving it.