Description
This pear and rocket salad with blue cheese is easy to prepare. Use ripe pears pair with a mature white wine. Use candied walnuts or plain ones if you can.
Ingredients
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- 120g (4 oz) rocket/arugula leaves, washed and dried
- 2 pears, washed and thinly sliced
- 120g (4 oz) blue cheese, crumbled
- 16 walnut halves, crumbled
- 2.5cm (1in) fresh ginger, peeled
- 60ml (4 tbsp) olive oil
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 20ml (4 tsp) honey
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Toss the rocket, pear, blue cheese and walnuts together in a large salad bowl.
- Place the ginger, olive oil, lemon juice, honey, salt and pepper in a small blender and process until the sauce is smooth.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve immediately. Enjoy!
Notes
- Any type of blue cheese works in this salad, so have fun trying out some artisan cheeses!
- The following types of blue cheese will work well in this recipe: stilton, roquefort, cambozola, cashel blue, danish blue cheese, dolcelatte and gorgonzola.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: Small Starter
- Calories: 368
- Sugar: 16.5 g
- Sodium: 353.5 mg
- Fat: 27.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 8.1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24.7 g
- Fiber: 4.3 g
- Protein: 8.8 g
- Cholesterol: 22.5 mg