Pear Salad with blue cheese
Classic combination of ingredients, cheeseboard favourites transformed in salad form with the addition of pepper rocket lettuce!Ideal to serve as a starter, light lunch or as a side for a main that's not too rich.We go light on the dressing here because the blue cheese and juice from the pears act as part of the dressing. See Note 1 for my recommende blue cheeses.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 – 2 pears
any type, juicy and ripe, or nashi pears or sweet apples
- 3/4 cup walnuts
whole, sub almonds, pecans
- 120g / 4oz rocket/arugula lettuce
- 120g / 4 oz roquefort
gorgonzola, stilton or other good blue cheese, creamy but can be crumbled into chunks, Note 1
- 1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1 1/2 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Directions
- 1
- 2
Dressing: Shake Dressing in a jar.
- 3
Pears: Halve then scoop out core. Place cut face down and slice into 3mm / 0.12" slices. (Note 2)
- 4
Walnuts: Spread on tray and toast in a 180°C/350°F oven for 8 minutes or until they smell nutty. Leave some whole, break some in half with hands.
- 5
Dress rocket: In a large bowl, toss rocket with 2 tbsp Dressing.
- 6
Assemble: Pile 1/3 rocket on a platter. Scatter with 1/3 pears, 1/3 walnuts, 1/3 blue cheese crumbled into small chunks. Repeat twice more. Drizzle with remaining Dressing just before serving.
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