Herby Summer Salad

Salads are always popular for summer eating, with a braai or barbecue, or just for a light lunch or accompaniment to an evening meal. This delightful lemon dressed herby salad only takes minutes to make and has fragrance from the herbs, sharpness from the lemon and saltiness from the bacon. All in all, it's a nicely rounded salad and the dressing can be used for many other salads as well as this one.

Ingredients:
For the Salad:
8 rashers of smoked streaky bacon, finely sliced
olive oil
A small bunch each of tarragon, basil, flat-leaf parsley, coriander and dill, leaves picked
a punnet of baby cress
60-70g rocket
Parmesan cheese shavings, for garnish

For the Dressing:
finely grated zest of 1 lemon
45-50ml lemon juice
100ml olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to season

Method:
Put all the dressing ingredients in a jar with a little salt and pepper, then shake to combine. Taste and add more seasoning or lemon juice if required.

Fry the bacon in a drizzle of olive oil till crisp. Drain on a piece of kitchen paper, then place in a bowl with the herbs, cress and rocket. give the dressing a shake, then drizzle over enough to coat the leaves; toss with your hands. Sprinkle with Parmesan shavings and your salad is ready to serve.