Roasted Pear and Arugula Salad with Walnuts and Parmesan
"This is absolutely stunning as a first course. I have used other nuts and other cheeses and it always turns out lovely."
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
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Roasted Pears
- 4 firm pears (I favor Bartlett)
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons sugar
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Salad dressing
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- freshly ground black pepper
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Salad
- 7 cups arugula, washed dried and torn in bite-size pieces (or other salad greens)
- 4 ounces parmesan cheese
- 1 cup walnuts
directions
- Preheat oven to 500 F and put baking sheet in the oven to heat too.
- Cut each pear lengthwise, remove the core, then set cut side down on a board and slice thinly into 5 pieces lengthwise again.
- Toss pear with butter and sugar.
- Place on baking sheet and in oven to roast for 10 min, or until browned on bottom.
- Flip and roast until tender and deep brown, 5 more minutes.
- Let pears cool.
- Toast the walnuts in a small dry skillet until browned, 3 minutes and set aside.
- Whisk the olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper together.
- Combine arugula and pears in large serving bowl, and gentley toss with the dressing.
- Using a vegetable peeler, shave curls of Parmesan cheese on top of salad.
- Chop walnuts coarsely and sprinkle on top.
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Reviews
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My friend did this salad for me at a dinner she had. It was so fabulous I had to ask her for recipe. I made it again a few days later, and the family loved it. I lost the recipe at home and thanks to the net, I have it again! Definately a must do salad! I served it at the end of the meal. It was like serving a 'salad' and 'dessert' in one dish! If you do do this recipe, do add the shaved cheese. It's amazing! -
This is a fabulous salad (yes to the other reviewers). Just a few ingredients but each one is crucial. A caveat though: the vinaigrette is wrong. Other reviewers have added the juice of half a lemon and I agree. But it needs something a little sweet to echo the pears and balance the bitterness of the arugula, like white balsamic vinegar. I suggest experimenting because it depends to some extent on the heaviness of the olive oil you're using. It should come off light, sweet, tart, and the salad will be a huge hit. -
Couldn't roast the pears (ran out of butter!!), but I used nice ripe Bosc pears, chopped, and it worked very well. I thought the dressing was a bit bland, but the quick addition of the juice of half a lemon brightened it up. The salad was a very big hit - very flavorable and a little step up from the usual first course salad. -
Absolutely loved this. Pears took a little longer to roast but my husband and I chowed down on this. Will definitely use again - maybe throw some blue cheese in-hmmmmm!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Gay Gilmore
Seattle, WA
I'm really just learning how to cook, but I hope that my skills at eating will really guide me in this endeavor. ;-) I think that sharing recipes on the internet is better than any cookbook. Of course, I founded Recipezaar, so I might be a little biased.
