Photo: Jill's Fresh Pear and Maytag Farms Blue Cheese Salad with a Toasted Walnut Vinaigrette Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups walnut pieces
- 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons minced shallots
- 1 1/2 cups walnut oil
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 8 cups mixed spring lettuces, cleaned
- 6 fresh ripe pears, cored and thinly sliced
- 1/2 pound Maytag Farms blue cheese, crumbled
- 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Place the walnuts on a baking sheet and roast until golden, about 4 minutes. Remove from the oven and place in a medium-mixing bowl. Add the vinegar, honey, and shallots to the warm nuts. Allow to sit for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the oil. Season with salt and pepper.
In a large mixing bowl, toss the lettuces with the dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Fan the pears over the bottom of each serving plate. Mound the greens in the center of the pears. Crumble the cheese over the greens. Garnish with black pepper and parsley.
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By jentin21_12872838
Seattle, 87
on November 19, 2011
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I love pear and blue cheese salads and have been looking for the perfect dressing. The vinaigrettes that I have used seem a little too acidic. The walnut oil is a wonderful complement to the sweetness of the pears. This recipe makes a huge salad, so we typically cut back on the amount of fruit and lettuce. We typically make the dressing as written in the recipe knowing that we can use it over a few days worth of meals.
By robert_majors_1...
on March 29, 2011
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Great recipe that I always use for holidays- however I never can find rice wine vinegar so I substitute white wine vinegar and still get great reviews!
By baudelaire
on February 21, 2011
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I have searched endlessly to find the perfect dressing for a pear and blue cheese salad. This is it! The combination of rice wine vinegar, walnut oil and honey compliments the tang of the blue cheese like no other Italian-based vinagrette possibly could. Bravo!
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