Knife And Fork Grilled Caesar Salad

ingredients

• servings: 4
• 1 long thin baguette
• 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
• 2 cloves garlic, halved
• 1 small tomato, halved and seeded
• 1 head romaine lettuce, outer leaves discarded and head cut into quarters
• salt and coarsely ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup caesar salad dressing, or to taste
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese shavings

recipe

preparation time: 15 mins cook time: 10 mins ready time: 25 mins


• preheat grill for low heat and lightly oil the grate.
• cut baguette on a severely sharp diagonal to make 4 long slices about 1/2-inch thick. lightly brush each cut side with about half of the olive oil.
• grill baguette slices on the preheated grill until lightly crispy, 2 to 3 minutes per side. rub each side of baguette slices with the cut-side of garlic and cut-side of tomatoes. set aside to cool.
• brush 2 cut sides of romaine quarters with remaining olive oil.
• grill romaine quarters until lightly seared, 2 to 3 minutes per side. sprinkle grilled romaine with salt and set aside to cool.
• place a grilled romaine quarter, cut-side up, on top of a grilled baguette slice. drizzle each with caesar dressing and top with parmesan cheese. season with salt and black pepper.