Fall Salad

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This is a delightful salad for flavor and visual appeal that we've enjoyed several times. The contrast in taste of the bitter greens plus radhiccio and the sweetness of the dressing, pears and nuts is wonderful. Also the textural differences and color contrast of ingredients is beautiful for eyes and mouth. I note one reviewer subbed goat cheese for the parmesan and I plan to give that a try sometime when I make this again. I also added a little fresh squeezed lemon juice to the dressing in one pass at the salad, just to brighten the dressing flavor a little, and it was a nice add. Also, toasting the nuts and not making them candied is also a nice modification to bring the sweetness down a notch sometimes..

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I loved this salad. Served it for Halloween dinner guests with a few changes. Most important was that i used goat cheese instead of parmesean. The goat cheese seemed to blend better with these flavors. I bought a spring mix greens rather than combining the three greens myself. I spritzed the red pear with a half of a lemon to keep it from browning. Another short cut would be to buy pecans that have already been candied. I got rave reviews on this and even was called the next day for the recipe as one of my guests wanted to bring it to a dinner she was going to that night. I made the dressing exactly as written. I didn't find the shallot at all overwhelming as one writer described. I did use a small one and chopped it very finely. I used real maple syrup and a high quality dijon. I think those help to balance the shallot flavor

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I tried the candied pecans, what I would like to know is how to get the pecans to look like the picture. The brown sugar never melts and so I found the coating grainy. What am I doing wrong? I would appreciate any advice.

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I watched this show and was shocked at the incredible number of mistakes in all three of the recipes. The amounts and even ingredients didn't match what Tyler was doing at all. Michelle from Denver--I think the reason the dressing tasted too much like shallot was because Tyler didn't even use shallots in it on the show. The amounts of the other ingredients in the dressing were all way off. I think Food Network seriously needs to look at making the recipes match what is happening on the show. BTW, I copy the recipes into Word and then edit them to match the show as I'm watching. I do this for any recipe that I'm planning to try.

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And tasty pecans

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My family asks that I make this salad dressing for every get together. I make triple batches of it. I use feta and pears and any kind of salad green. This is the best!

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What if your pear has seen better days?
I just used some oranges in it's place. No one knew I made a switch, and it still tasted good. Versatile recipe.

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I watched him do this at the show and made it at home. Both times.. fantastic.

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This is a great and easy salad to make and the dressing has a great flavor. I used green leaf, radiccio, and endive lettuce as I am not a fan of frisee. I made the dressing ahead of time and took this to a dinner party. The shallot/onion flavor was a little overwhelming which is probably because I made the dressing ahead of time and let it sit in the fridge for a few hours. If I make this ahead of time again, I will not add the shallots to the dressing until just before I poured the dressing on the salad and probably use a little bit less a whole shallot. Anyway, I will definitely make this salad again.

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This salad is delicious -- goes well with beef, chicken or pork. A keeper!