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 Arugula and Pear Salad | Status Approved | | Name |  Arugula and Pear Salad | | Category | Salads & Dressings, European | | Serves/Yields | 12 servings | | Source | Kate | | Difficulty | Easy | | Prep. Time | 15 minutes | | Cook Time | 0 | | Introduction | | This salad is also great with a citrus fruit, such as pink grapefruit. sections, or blood oranges if you can find them. | | Ingredients | |
12 cups (about 8 ounces) loosely packed butter lettuce leaves
Coarsely ground salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 pears, peeled, cored and sliced
6 ounces Asiago cheese, thinly shaved or grated
3 tablespoon glazed walnut or pecan pieces
.Dressing: 1/4 cup each honey and seasoned rice vinegar.
Pinch of sea_salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 to 3 tablespoons extra_virgin_olive_oil
2 tsps dijon mustard .
| | Directions | | Step: 1 | Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread the walnuts or pecans on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for approximately 6 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and transfer onto a plate and let cool. | | Step: 2 | Arrange salad on individual chilled salad plates,season with salt and pepper. Arrange pear slices along the side of plate and top with the asiago cheese and walnuts or pecans.
| | Step: 3 | Combine the honey , mustard , salt, pepper and rice vinegar in a glass bowl. Drizzle in the olive oil while whisking. Whisk until dressing is emulsified.
Drizzle a little dressing over each salad. |
Time submitted: Monday, October 25. 2004 at 07:12:22 Contributed By: Kate
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