Proper Chicken Caesar Salad

Ingredients

• 2 or 3 heads romaine lettuce, outer leaves discarded
• Extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 heaped tablespoon creme fraiche
• 3 ounces freshly grated Parmesan, plus a few shavings to serve
• 4 anchovy fillets in olive oil, drained
• ¼ clove peeled garlic
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 12 thin slices pancetta or bacon
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Olive oil
  • 3 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves picked and roughly chopped
  • 1 loaf ciabatta bread (about 9 ounces), torn into thumb-sized pieces
  • 4 whole free-range or organic chicken legs, skin on

1. With my own versions of the classics, like Caesar salad, it's not about changing things entirely; it's about respecting the original while bigging up the flavors and textures where I can. My twists for this salad are to use chicken legs (not dry old breasts!), smoky pancetta and lovely rustic ...

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