Hot Goat Cheese Salad with Walnut Oil Vinaigrette

This was the first course of my French dinner with Beatrice!

Ingredients:
Red leaf lettuce
4" log of herbed goat cheese (about 3" diameter)
2 eggs
bread crumbs to coat
1-2 tablespoons butter
walnut oil

Instructions:

1. Make walnut oil vinaigrette with instructions below
2. Cut off the end of the lettuce and wash the leaves
3. Gently rip leaves into large pieces and dry in salad spinner
4. Heat butter in a pan
5. While butter is heating, beat 2 eggs with a splash of walnut oil
6. Place breadcrumbs in a separate bowl
7. Slice the goat cheese into 1" rounds
8. Dredge each round of cheese in egg and then breadcrumbs
9. Place them (all at one time) in the pan with melted butter and saute until browned on each side
10. Arrange the lettuce on 4 plates, place the hot goat cheese on the plate with the lettuce (drizzling some of the browned butter on top) and dress each salad with walnut oil vinaigrette

To make Walnut Oil Vinaigrette combine:

2 oz walnut oil

1 oz white wine vinegar

salt and pepper to taste