Spiced Poached Pears and Goats Cheese Salad

Name: Spiced Poached Pears and Goats Cheese Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 serving
Ingredients: 2 cups red wine; ½ cup granulated sugar; 1 cinnamon quill; 2 star anise; 3 cardamon pods; 1 lemon; 4 firm pears; ⅓ cup chopped walnuts; ¼ cup olive oil; 2 cups Watercress; 1 cup baby spinach; 2 goats cheese logs

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Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings
4
Calories
572 kcal
Course
Appetizer
Cuisine
Australian

Spiced Poached Pears and Goats Cheese Salad

Carmen Warren

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This Spiced Poached Pears and Goats Cheese Salad is stunning in every way! Delicious and beautiful, it can be prepared ahead of time making it perfect for entertaining.

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Ingredients

Servings

2 cups red wine
½ cup granulated sugar
1 cinnamon quill
2 star anise
3 cardamon pods
1 lemon
4 firm pears
⅓ cup chopped walnuts
¼ cup olive oil
2 cups Watercress
1 cup baby spinach
2 goats cheese logs (9oz/240g total weight)

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Instructions

Pour the red wine into a sauce pan, add the sugar, cinnamon, star anise,carsamon pods and a strip of the lemon peel.
Stir it slowly over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
Peel the pears, cut them in half and use a teaspoon to remove the core.
Poach them in the wine for 10 minutes or until just tender.
Remove the pan from the heat and leave the pears to cool in the poaching liquid.
Mix the olive oil and the juice from the lemon together. Add a tablespoon of the pouching liquid and then seasoning the dressing with salt and pepper.
Use about half of the dressing to coat the watercress and spinach and arrange it on 4 plates.
Top each plate with two pear halves.
Crumble over the goats cheese.
Sprinkle with the chopped walnuts and serve with the remaining dressing.