Pear and Blue Cheese Salad Recipe

Ingredients
For the Salad:- 1 head butter lettuce, washed and dried
- 1 large or 2 small Royal Riviera® Pears, peeled, cored and sliced
- 2/3 cup Rogue Creamery or other blue cheese
- 2/3 cup Harry & David® candied pecans, roasted pecans, or roasted walnuts
- 2 to 3 tbsp Champagne vinegar
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp honey (optional)
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 3/4 cup walnut oil
- Whisk together the first five ingredients. Gradually whisk in the walnut oil. Chill for 20 minutes.
Instructions
- Gently tear the lettuce into bite sized pieces.
- Arrange on four chilled plates.
- Top with fans of pear slices.
- Sprinkle blue cheese evenly over the pears and lettuce and top with nuts.
- Drizzle the dressing generously over the salad, and serve at once.
1 Comment
Vera Aument
November 2, 2017 at 8:39 amThis is s wonderful salad. My husband and I are hooked. Can be used with any good greens. Tonight I am having it with arugula and spinach