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Rocket Pear Salad
This Rocket and Pear Salad is made with rocket or arugula, crisp pears, crunchy toasted walnuts, and shaved Parmesan. It's a simple salad you can put together in 15 minutes. Serve your rocket pear salad as a Fall salad aside simple roasts. It's the perfect salad for Thanksgiving dinner!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 255 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
Lemon vinaigrette
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoon white wine or champagne vinegar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Rocket pear salad
- 4 cups rocket also called rucola or arugula
- 1 barely ripe pear suggested: Comice
- 2 ounces parmesan
- ⅓ cup walnuts toasted and cooled
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients for the lemon vinaigrette in a clean glass jar and shake hard to emulsify.
- Add the rocket to a medium bowl with enough vinaigrette to thinly coat. Let sit while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- Slice the pear in quarters and core out the seeds. Slice each pear quarter lengthwise, as thinly as possible.
- Shave the Parmesan using a vegetable peeler onto a clean plate or cutting board.
- Add the rocket to a salad bowl or individual salad plates and top with the pear, Parmesan shavings, and toasted walnuts. Serve with any remaining vinaigrette on the side.
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Notes
- This recipe for rocket salad with pear, walnut, and Parmesan will make two good-sized side salads or two main course salads with the addition of roast chicken or even duck.
- This salad is best prepared right before eating. Otherwise, the arugula may become too soft in the lemon vinaigrette.
- Switch out the ingredients in this Fall salad with what you have in your pantry: switch the pear for apple, use almonds or pecans, or use gorgonzola crumbles.
Nutrition Information
Calories
255kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
22g
(34%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
Monounsaturated Fat
12g
Cholesterol
10mg
(3%)
Sodium
528mg
(22%)
Potassium
178mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
599IU
(12%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
213mg
(21%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 255
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 255kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 22g | 34% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 10mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 528mg | 22% |
| Potassium | 178mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 599IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 213mg | 21% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.