Start off a stellar meal at home with this tempting pear and blue cheese salad. Be sure to make a little extra with this one. Such a sweet and savory combination of juicy pears and creamy cheese is enticing enough for a second helping.
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Pear and Blue Cheese Salad
PREP TIME: 15 minutesCUSTOM TIME : 20 minutesTOTAL TIME: 35 minutes
Ingredients
- For the salad
- 1 head of butter lettuce (washed and dried)
- 1 large Harry & David® Royal Riviera® Pears ( or 2 small, peeled, cored and sliced)
- 23 cup Rogue Creamery® Crater Lake Blue® cheese ( or other blue cheese)
- 23 cup Harry & David® candied pecans (roasted pecans, or roasted walnuts)
- For the dressing
- 2 to tablespoons Champagne vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (optional)
- 12 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 34 cup walnut oil
Instructions
- For the dressing
- Whisk together the first five ingredients.
- Gradually whisk in the walnut oil.
- Chill for 20 minutes.
- For the salad
- Gently tear the lettuce into bite sized pieces.
- Arrange on four chilled plates.
- Top with fans of pear slices.
- Sprinkle blue cheese evenly over the pears and lettuce and top with nuts.
- Drizzle the dressing generously over the salad, and serve at once.
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