Pear, Walnut, and Blue Cheese Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Cranberry sauce, the base for the vinaigrette, lends a holiday flavor to this super tasty salad. You can make and refrigerate the dressing up to a week ahead. Ingredients:
1/2 cup canned whole-berry cranberry sauce |
1/4 cup fresh orange juice (about 1 orange) |
1 tablespoon olive oil |
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar |
1 teaspoon sugar |
1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
18 bibb lettuce leaves (about 2 heads) |
2 cups sliced peeled pear (about 2 pears) |
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice |
1 cup (1/8-inch-thick) slices red onion, separated into rings |
1/3 cup (2 ounces) crumbled blue cheese |
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted |
Directions:
1. To prepare the vinaigrette, place the first 7 ingredients in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk.
2. To prepare the salad, divide the lettuce leaves evenly among 6 salad plates. Toss pear with 2 tablespoons orange juice. Divide pear and onion evenly among leaves. Top each serving with about 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 teaspoon walnuts. Drizzle each serving with about 2 1/2 tablespoons vinaigrette.
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