Green Salad with Hot Dates in Bacon

A very elegant and hearty salad with a bright citrus dressing. With this salad, you can easily "wait out" the time while the main dish is being prepared.

Ingredients

• 300 g Camembert or good cheddar
• 200-300 g long slices of bacon
• 24 large dates, dried without syrup
• 2 pink grapefruits
• 50 ml olive oil
• 300 g mix of colorful lettuce leaves
• 50 g chopped hazelnuts
• salt, black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 220 ° C. Cut the very cold cheese into 24 slices. Cut the bacon slices in half lengthways and then in half across. Cut the dates and carefully remove the seeds. Stuff the dates with cheese, wrap with bacon slices, pepper, refrigerate.
2. Wash 1 grapefruit with a brush, dry, remove the zest with a fine grater, mix the zest with olive oil. Peel the grapefruit off to reveal the flesh. Cut the fillets into slices between the films, keeping the juice flowing out. Pour juice into butter with zest, salt and pepper - this is a dressing.
3. Place the dates on a foil-lined baking sheet and place in the top third of the oven for 5 minutes. The bacon should be golden brown.
4. Mix the salad mix with half the dressing and place on plates. Top with grapefruit wedges and hot dates. Drizzle with dressing, sprinkle with nuts.