CSA Week 4: Lettuce Corn Salad with Pancetta

Well, this week certainly flew by! It's already Wednesday and I realized I'd better write up this week's farm haul before Thursday's upon us and we get a whole new batch of goodies.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to do much interesting cooking. In fact, I only made real dinners Thursday night and Friday night, neither of which got photographed. The tastier dish using farm ingredients was by far the simple salad I made Thursday night, so that's the rough recipe that will follow, but, really--sorry for not offering something more groundbreaking. I'll have to make it up to you next week.

Anyway, on to the CSA! Our vegetables were: 1 lettuce, 2 spring red onions, 1 bulb fennel, 1 napa cabbage, 1 bok choi and greens (kale and swiss chard). Also, our fruit share finally got started, so we also got a small container of black currants and one of cherries.

Lettuce Corn Salad with Pancetta

• 2 heads lettuce
• 1 cup kernels corn (I used frozen kernels but if you have fresh available...)
• 4 slices pancetta
• 1/3 cup green onions, chopped
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon herbes de provence
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 1/4 cup blood orange olive oil
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Remove leaves from lettuce and wash and dry well. Place corn in a small pot covered with about 1/4 inch water and simmer 4-8 minutes, depending on how fresh corn is. Drain and reserve. Fry up pancetta in a pan over medium heat until crispy. Mix lettuce, corn, pancetta and green onions in a large salad bowl.
Combine all other ingredients in a small jar to make the dressing. Shake well and pour over salad. Toss and serve immediately.
Links to other lettuce noshes:

• Lettuce Wraps from Rasa Malaysia
• Asian Lettuce Cups with Spicy Ground Turkey Filling from Kalyn's Kitchen
• Pesto Bacon Lettuce & Tomato Wraps with Smoked Turkey from Karina's Kitchen
• Wanna-Be PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps from Wasabimon!

A final note: welcome to any fellow CSA members! So glad you've stopped by and please feel free to leave comments about what you've been making with all our goodies.