Pear Salad with Cheese|Print

Servings: 6

Leaf lettuce

1 head, torn into bite-size pieces

Pears

3, peeled, cored and chopped

Roquefort cheese, crumbled

5 ounces

Avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced

Thinly sliced green onions

1/2 cup

White sugar

1/4 cup

Pecans

1/2 cup

Olive oil

1/3 cup

Red wine vinegar

3 tbsps

White sugar

1 1/2 tsps

Prepared mustard

1 1/2 tsps

Garlic, chopped

1 clove

Salt

1/2 tsps

Fresh ground black pepper

to taste

Pear Salad with Cheese

Prep:

20 m

Cook:

10 m

Ready in:

30 m

Stir 1/4 cup of sugar together with the pecans in a skillet over medium heat until sugar has melted and caramelized the pecans. Transfer pecans onto waxed paper. Let them cool and break into pieces.
Blend oil, vinegar, 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar, mustard, garlic, salt, and black pepper.
Layer lettuce, pears, blue cheese, avocado, and onions in a large bowl. Pour the oil and vinegar mixture over salad. Sprinkle with pecans. Serve.