Salads with pears are less popular than, say, those with apples or pineapples. And completely undeservedly so! This fruit wonderfully sets off the taste of many products. And most people who try it can't guess that it's pear in the mix. Experiment, and you'll see for yourself))
The five most commonly used ingredients in pear salad recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pears | 42 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 10.9 |
| Olive oil | 913 | 0 | 99.8 | 0 |
| Honey | 400 | 0.8 | 0 | 81.5 |
| Walnuts | 650 | 15.2 | 65.2 | 7 |
| Lemon juice | 16 | 0.9 | 0 | 3 |
Home cooks first learned pear salad recipes when Mediterranean dishes made their way into the diet. There, they're actively used in combination with olive oil, lemon juice, parmesan, lettuce, and nuts. The result is a very tasty, wholesome, healthy dish that fits almost all dietary restrictions and diets. However, as you can imagine, these aren't the only possible combinations and mixes of ingredients.
For example, there are salads with pear and ham, avocado, napa cabbage, oranges, bacon, Dijon mustard, and cheese. Those second ingredients are worked right into the names of these dishes. All of them come together very quickly thanks to using products that need no pre-processing — boiling, frying, or baking. All it takes is nice slicing and plating.
For different versions of this salad, the pears can be cut in various ways: wedges, cubes, sticks, or slices. There are variations for which they need to be grilled to get pretty strips. And in different cases they may be peeled or not — it will all be spelled out right in the recipe.
Pears are also sometimes caramelized, turning them into an exotic salad ingredient.
The five lowest-calorie pear salad recipes:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light and delicious strawberry salad with peaches and pears | 5 min | 44 | +79 |
| Fruit and berry salad with yogurt | 15 min | 55 | +6 |
| Fruit salad with apples, pears, and kiwi | 10 min | 61 | +32 |
| Kimchi salad | 1 hour | 66 | +34 |
| Fruit salad with bananas, oranges, apples, and pears | 30 min | 67 | +66 |
Which pears are the best fit? They should be moderately juicy, but not so much that they release liquid (dry ones are preferable), moderately soft, without unpleasant hard lumps. As for sweetness, that's a matter of taste — they can be sweet, tart, or sweet-and-sour.
Another point in pears' favor compared to apples is that they don't darken; they stay white, which undoubtedly only makes the salad prettier.