Description
The BLT is a simple classic that includes some of the most basic ingredients. It can be prepared in under ten minutes and can be eaten as a main dish or paired with soup in order to make a full meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 slices thick white bread, toasted
- 1 tsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 leaves of iceberg or oak leaf lettuce
- 1 ripe tomato (I choose beefsteak!), sliced
- 3 basil leaves
- 3–5 strips of cooked bacon
- 1 scallion
- salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup homemade mayonnaise
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup sunflower or safflower oil
Instructions
- Slice tomato into 1/4 inch slices, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cook bacon on meduim heat on stove until desired crispiness. Keep close watch!
- While bacon is cooking, grill scallions until they carmelize.
- Toast both slices of white bread.
- Add scallions to mayonnaise and mix.
- Spread butter on one side of toast.
- Spread homemade mayonnaise on the other slice of toasted bread.
- Start stacking!
- Add tomato slices, lettuce, basil, and bacon to buttered side of toast.
- Sprinkle with pepper and top with mayonnaise side of toast.
- Enjoy!
Homemade Mayonnaise
- Whisk together egg yolk, mustard, 1 tsp lemon juice, and pinch of salt and pepper in a bowl. Whisk until combined and mixture is smooth.
- Add the oil: add one drop at a time whisking constantly until mixture begins to thicken. Repeat for 1/2 cup oil.
- Add remaining 1 tsp of lemon juice to mixture, then pour in remaining 1/2 cup oil slowly.
- Mix until oil is incorporated and mixture becomes very thick.
- Category: Main Dish
- Cuisine: Sandwich