Pear and Blue Cheese Salad Recipe with Walnuts and Rocket

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Pear and Blue Cheese Salad Recipe with Walnuts and Rocket

This simple pear and blue cheese salad features a light red vinegar dressing, peppery rocket (arugula) and butter-seared pears. This is the PERFECT fall or autumn side salad.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Modern European

Diet Vegetarian

Keyword blue cheese pear and walnut salad, pear and stilton salad, pear salad, pear walnut and blue cheese salad

Prep Time 12

Cook Time 10

Total Time 22

Servings Servings

Calories 655kcal

Author Brian Jones

Ingredients

100 g Blue Cheese 1 Cup (I use Stilton)
50 g Rocket 2 Cups (aka arugula)
50 g Walnuts ½ Cup
1 Pear
30 g Butter 2 tablespoon
1 tablespoon Honey 20g
1 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
2 tablespoon Oil
Salt (to taste)

Instructions

Add the oil, vinegar, and honey to a jar, add a lid and shake. Have a taste and add salt as required before shaking again.
Crumble the blue cheese.
Heat a dry 28cm or 12" frying pan or skillet over a medium-high heat and gently toast the walnuts, taking care not to burn them. Then remove and set aside/
Peel and cut the pear in half, then remove the core and slice into 8 wedges.
Return the pan to a high heat, add the butter, and when it foams, add the pear slices and sear on both sides.
Build the salad by combining all of the ingredients in a bowl and mixing through the dressing.

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