Ingredients: pork, salt, pepper, curing salt, brown sugar, maple syrup

A French classic for a hot summer day:

Salade chèvre lardons (goat cheese and lardons)

• 1 package lardons
• 2 apples, cubed
• 2 Lebanese cucumbers, cubed
• 4 radishes, sliced
• 1 head of lettuce
• Goat cheese, in pieces
• ¼ cup pecans, chopped
• Tartare sauce
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup shallot, diced
  • ¼ cup small pickles, chopped
  • ¼ cup capers, chopped
  • 2 tbsp wine vinegar
• 1 tsp dill, chopped

Cook lardons in a frying pan, reserve. Make a salad with the vegetables and top with cooked lardons, goat cheese, pecans and tartare sauce.