Roquefort Pear Salad
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4.5
Roquefort Pear Salad
Description
This Roquefort Pear Salad features a blend of tender lettuce leaves paired with the sweetness of fresh pears and the creaminess of diced avocado. Roquefort cheese, a type of blue cheese, adds a distinctive sharp and tangy taste, balancing the fruitiness. Green onions contribute mild pungency and freshness, complementing the other ingredients.
The salad is enhanced by candied pecans, which are made by melting sugar into a caramel and coating pecans before cooling them to a crunchy texture. This adds a contrasting sweet and crunchy element to the dish.
The dressing combines olive oil with red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, and garlic, sweetened lightly with sugar and seasoned with salt and pepper. It’s poured over the salad just before serving to keep the greens crisp and fresh. This salad works well as a starter or side dish with balanced flavors and textures.
The recipes source from Allrecipes and highlights the use of quality ingredients and layering of flavors for an elegant salad experience.
Ingredients
- 1 leaf lettuce or romaine, or spring mix, torn into bite-size pieces
- 3 pear cored and chopped, peel on or off
- 5 ounces Roquefort cheese Gorgonzola or feta can be used too, crumbled, aka blue cheese
- 1 avocado peeled, pitted, and diced
- 1/2 /2 cup green onion thinly sliced
Candied Pecans:
- 1/4 /4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 /2 cup pecans
Dressing:
- 1/3 /3 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 /2 teaspoons white sugar
- 1 1/2 /2 teaspoons Dijon mustard prepared
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1/2 /2 teaspoon salt
- black pepper fresh ground, to taste
Instructions
- In a skillet over medium heat, start melting the 1/4 cup sugar. Once the sugar has melted, add the nuts quickly and stir to coat them. Carefully transfer nuts onto waxed paper. Allow to cool, and break into pieces.
- For the dressing: blend oil, vinegar, 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar, mustard, chopped garlic, salt, and pepper.
- In a large serving bowl, layer lettuce, pears, blue cheese, avocado, and green onions. Right before serving, pour dressing over salad, and sprinkle with pecans.
Notes
- To candy the pecans, melt sugar carefully and coat nuts quickly before cooling to ensure a crisp texture.
- Dress the salad right before serving to keep greens fresh and prevent wilting.
- Blue cheese varieties like Gorgonzola or feta can substitute Roquefort if preferred.
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Overall Rating
4.5
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