Autumn salad with bacon, lentils and cheese

Name: Autumn salad with bacon, lentils and cheese
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: large handful of walnuts; 5 tablespoons of sugar; about 150 gram (red) lentils; about 200 gram bacon lardons; lettuce of your choice; about 100 gram blue cheese, e.g. Roquefort; recipe for an easy vinaigrette, can also be made without herbs

An amazing autumn salad with bacon, lentils and cheese can be served as lunch or main meal. With crunchy walnuts and mustard dressing.

Autumn salad with bacon, lentils and cheese ingredients

Recipe autumn salad with bacon, lentils and cheese

Made by Véronique

Published at 2017-09-23, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 40 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Preparation time

30 minutes

Time cooking

10 minutes

Total time

40 minutes

Preparation - 30 minutes

Fill a medium-sized pan with water and salt and bring to a boil. Cook the lentils, exact time depends on the type of lentils you're using. Create a caramel. Melt sugar on very low heat in the small saucepan.

Wait carefully and don't stir, the sugar will get a beautiful golden brown color. Keep an eye on the sugar, it tends to burn quickly. As soon as all the sugar have a brown color, stir in the walnuts and make sure they're all coated.

Transfer them to the plate lined with parchment paper and let them cool off. Rinse the lettuce if needed and remove any excess water with a salad spinner.

Create a simply mustard dressing using this recipe, you can also make it without the herbs.

Finishing the autumn salad with bacon, lentils and cheese - 10 minutes

Drain the lentils in a fine sieve and create crispy bacon using an oven or large skillet. Transfer the bacon to a paper kitchen towel to get rid of any excess fat.

Divide lentils and lettuce over plates along with the bacon into pieces. Divide the walnuts into pieces and add them to the salad along with pieces of blue cheese. Finish the salad with mustard dressing, enjoy!