Insalata di Uova e Carne Secca del Pontormo

This warm salad of eggs scrambled with pancetta and tossed with soft lettuces, herbs, and vinegar was reputed to have been one of the favorite dishes of Pontormo, a sixteenth-century Florentine painter. Dean Cesare Casella was inspired to create this version after reading about the painter in a historical cookbook.

The salad requires no fat beyond that rendered by the pancetta and the oil used to cook