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Salad with pear and cheese dor blue

Pear and Dor Blue Cheese Salad

An original, unusual, savory-sweet dish for a special occasion! This pear and dor blue cheese salad leans almost dessert-like, with plenty of sweet ingredients — pear, caramelized nuts, and honey. But the tangy dressing and the blue cheese add a really interesting note.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Lettuce leaves

Arugula

Dor Blue

Walnuts

Pears

Lemons (juice)

0.5

Honey

Olive oil

White wine vinegar

Grainy mustard

Salt (pinch)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 13 % 4 g

Fats 52 % 16 g

Carbohydrates 35 % 11 g

212 kcal

GI: 36 / 0 / 64

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

How do you make a pear and dor blue cheese salad? Prep the ingredients. For the base, use any fresh greens — I used a mix of leaf lettuce and arugula. Choose a large, juicy, ripe pear. The blue-veined dor blue can be swapped for sharper cheeses like Roquefort or Gorgonzola, or milder white-mold cheeses like Brie or Camembert.
Step 2:

Cut the cheese into small slices.
Step 3:

In a preheated dry skillet, toast the walnuts, stirring, for 5 minutes.
Step 4:

Pour the honey into the skillet and cook the nuts over medium heat, stirring constantly, until caramelized. Use good-quality natural honey; if it's thick or crystallized, melt it first over a water bath.
Step 5:

Remove the stem and core from the pear. Cut the flesh into thin slices. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the pear so it doesn't brown.
Step 6:

Get the dressing ready. Any vegetable oil works — I used olive oil. You can use ready-made Dijon in place of the grainy mustard, and lemon juice in place of the vinegar.
Step 7:

How do you make the dressing? Combine the olive oil, wine vinegar, mustard, and salt. Whisk everything together until smooth.
Step 8:

Wash and thoroughly dry the arugula and lettuce. In a salad bowl, layer the greens, pear slices, and blue cheese.
Step 9:

Scatter the caramelized walnuts on top. Drizzle the dressing over the salad, toss gently, and serve. Enjoy!

Make this salad right before serving — if it sits, the pear releases juice and the greens wilt. Same with the dressing: add it just before eating.
Since everyone's preferred level of salt, sweetness, bitterness, heat, acidity, and spice is different, always adjust the seasonings to your own taste. If you're using a spice for the first time, keep in mind that some are easy to overdo (chili pepper, for example).
Important! The wrong pan can ruin even the best recipe — it's worth choosing the right skillet for what you're making.
The salad looks neatest when all the ingredients are cut to a similar size and shape.