--- carb: bread tags: - Bistro - Dinner - 25-30min - Beginner - Contains-Dairy - Contains-Nuts - Contains-Gluten image: https://i0.wp.com/www.pardonyourfrench.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Goat-cheese-salad-14.jpg?fit=1200%2C1798&ssl=1 title: Salade de Chèvre Chaud author: Audrey course: Recipes method: oven source: https://www.pardonyourfrench.com/french-warm-goat-cheese-salad-salade-de-chevre-chaud/ cuisine: French protein: pork servings: 2 cook time: 11 minutes prep time: 15 minutes time required: 26 minutes alternative_name: French Warm Goat Cheese Salad (Salade de Chèvre Chaud) ingredient_count: 10 --- Pre-heat your oven to 350°F (180°C) with a rack in the middle. Line a #baking sheet{} with #parchment paper{}. In a #frying pan{}, fry the @lardons{3.5%oz}(cut into matchsticks) for ~{5%minutes}, until crisp. Set the lardons aside, without washing the pan. Add the @walnuts{1/3%cup}(roughly chopped) to the pan and warm them for ~{2%minutes} until they smell toasty. Set aside. Cut the @tomato{1%large} into wedges. Wash and dry the @lettuce{1/2%medium sized}, plucking the leaves and hand-tearing them into large pieces. Cut the @ripened goat cheese{5%oz} into 6 coins and place each onto its own slice of @country bread{6%slices}. Season with @freshly ground black pepper{1/4%tsp} and top each toast with a drizzle of @extra virgin olive oil{1%tbsp}. Place toasts onto prepared baking sheet and bake for ~{10%minutes}, finishing with ~{1%minute} under the broiler. Meanwhile, assemble the salad. Divide the salad pieces onto 2 #salad plates{}. Top with equal parts of tomato wedges, cooked lardons and toasted walnuts. Sprinkle with @fresh parsley{1%tbsp} and about 2 tablespoons of @French vinaigrette{1/4%cup} on each plate. Top with the goat cheese toasts right out of the oven, serve immediately.