Pear Salad with blue cheese
- Thank you
- Serves
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5
- Prep
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15 mins
- Total
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15 mins
Ingredients
- Dressing
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1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
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1 1/2 tbsp honey
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1 1/2 tbsp cider vinegar
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1 1/2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
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1/4 tsp salt
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1/8 tsp black pepper
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- Salad
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1 1/2 - 2 pears, any type, juicy and ripe (or nashi pears or sweet apples)
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3/4 cup walnuts, whole (sub almonds, pecans)
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120g rocket/arugula lettuce
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120g roquefort, gorgonzola, stilton or other good blue cheese, creamy but can be crumbled into chunks
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Instructions
- Dressing
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Shake Dressing in a jar.
- Pears
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Halve then scoop out core. Place cut face down and slice into 3mm / 0.12" slices.
- Walnuts
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Spread on tray and toast in a 180°C oven for 8 minutes or until they smell nutty. Leave some whole, break some in half with hands.
- Dress rocket
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In a large bowl, toss rocket with 2 tbsp Dressing.
- Assemble
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Pile 1/3 rocket on a platter. Scatter with 1/3 pears, 1/3 walnuts, 1/3 blue cheese crumbled into small chunks. Repeat twice more. Drizzle with remaining Dressing just before serving.