Roasted Pears and Blue Cheese Salad
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 3 firm pears (preferably Bartlett)
- salt & pepper
- 1 head bibb lettuce
- 2 bunches watercress, stems removed (or arugala)
- 1 cup blue cheese, crumbled
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Vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 small shallot, minced (about 1 tablespoon)
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin oil
directions
- Place foil lined baking sheet on lower-middle rack of oven and preheat to 500 degrees F.
- Wisk togther the maple syrup and ginger.
- Peel,core and quarter the pears lengthwise.
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Toss the pears with 3 tablespoons of the syrup mixture (reserve the rest for the dresssing:
- Spread the pears in a single layer on the preheated baking pan and season with salt and pepper.
- Roast until browned on the bottom, about 15 minutes.
- Flip each slice and roast until tender and deep golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Let the pears cool on the baking sheet while assembling salad.
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Vinaigrette:
- Whisk together the vinegar, shallots; and salt and pepper to taste, to the remaining syrup mixture.
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Salad:
- Combine the lettuce and watercress in a large serving bowl.
- Gently toss with the vinaigrette.
- Scatter the pears and blue cheese on the top.
- NOTE: Pears can be roasted up to 3 hours in adance but DO NOT refrigerate, keep at room temperature.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Galley Wench
Oro Valley, Arizona
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