Pear and Blue Cheese Holiday Salad

Original, unusual taste, spicy, for the holidays! Salad with pear and dor blue cheese is a recipe for a dish that can be classified as dessert. It contains many sweet ingredients: pear, caramelized nuts, honey. But the spicy dressing and blue cheese add a very interesting note to the salad.
cook time: 30 min
Ruby Colston
Pear and Blue Cheese Holiday Salad

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

212
Calories
16g
Fat
11g
Carbs
4g
Protein

Ingredients (3 portions)

Basic:

Lettuce leaves 70 g
Arugula 70 g
Dor blue 50 g
Walnuts 50 g
Pears 1 pc
Lemons 0.5 pc
Honey 1 tbsp

Refueling:

Olive oil 2 tbsp
White wine vinegar 1 tsp
Grainy mustard 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a salad with pear and dor blue cheese? Prepare your food. As a base for the salad, take any fresh lettuce, I used a mixture of lettuce and arugula. Choose a large, juicy and ripe pear. In this salad, Dor Blue cheese with green mold can be replaced with both sharper types — Roquefort, Gorgonzola, and softer ones, for example, white mold cheeses — Brie, Camembert.

Step 2

Step 2
Cut the cheese into small slices.

Step 3

Step 3
In a preheated dry frying pan, heat the walnuts for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Step 4

Step 4
Pour honey into the pan and fry the nuts over medium heat, stirring constantly until they are caramelized. Choose high-quality, natural honey. If it is thick or candied, then first melt it in a water bath.

Step 5

Step 5
Remove the stem and core from the pear. Cut the pulp into thin slices. Pour the juice of half a lemon over the pear to prevent it from darkening.

Step 6

Step 6
Prepare the dressing. Prepare food for her. Any vegetable oil will do, I used olive oil. Instead of grainy mustard, you can use ready-made Dijon mustard. Vinegar is replaced with lemon juice.

Step 7

Step 7
How to make a dressing? Combine olive oil, wine vinegar, mustard and salt. Whisk all ingredients until smooth.

Step 8

Step 8
Wash the arugula and lettuce leaves and dry well. Place lettuce leaves, pear slices, and blue cheese in a salad bowl.

Step 9

Step 9
Top with caramelized walnuts. Pour the dressing over the salad, mix gently and serve. Bon appetit!

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