Chicken Caesar Cobb Salad

This one def. caught my eye!!!! And, the presentation is very pretty. I would garnish it with nasturtium blossoms (which are edible) from my farm.
(serves 4)

Ingredients:

For the croutons:
3 T. EVOO
3 T. Kerrygold* butter
1 clove garlic, crushed
3 cups white Italian bread, cut into 1" cubes
Freshly* ground coarse pepper
1/2 cup Pecorino Romano cheese

For the Dressing:
4 anchovies, finely chopped
2 t. Dijon mustard
2 t. Worcestershire Sauce
2 cloves garlic, grated or pasted
Juice of 1 lemon
2 t. freshly* ground pepper
1 large egg yolk
About 3/4 cup EVOO
1/4 cup (a handful each grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and Pecorino Romano cheeses

For the salad:
2 hearts or 1 large head Romaine lettuce
12 slices thick uncured* bacon (no nitrates or 'trites*)
1 T. EVOO
Shredded rotisserie chicken*
Kosher* salt and freshly* ground pepper
4 radishes, cut into matchsticks or thin half moons
1&1/2 cups crumbled blue cheese
8 scallions, thinly sliced on the bias
4 hardboiled eggs, thinly sliced*

Preheat oven to 350. For the croutons: Heat a med.-size skillet over med. heat. Add oil and melt butter into oil. Add garlic and swirl for a min. or two; toss bread crumbs in garlic butter. Arrange croutons on a baking sheet and season with black pepper and cheese. Bake til deeply golden brown, remove and reserve.

Raise oven temp. to 375.

For the dressing: Place anchovies, Dijon, Worcestershire, garlic, lemon, pepper and egg yolk in a food processor and stream in EVOO while machine is running. Add cheese and pulse to combine. Wash and dry lettuce, coarsely chop and add to a large salad bowl.

Arrange bacon on a slotted baking sheet or broiler pan and bake to crisp, 18 min. Cool to handle then chop into 1" pieces. Add dressing and croutons to lettuce and toss to coat. Season chicken with S&P.6Arrange dressed greens and croutons on large dinner plates then top with rows of chicken, radishes, bacon, blue cheese, scallions and chopped egg.

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