Pear, Rocket and Blue Cheese Salad


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Ingredients

250 grams fresh rocket leaves, well washed
2 firm Beurre Bosc pears
200 grams blue cheese of your choice
100 grams roasted hazelnuts
3 tablespoons hazelnut, (or olive) oil
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

1
Trim the rocket leaves and drain them well before placing them in a large salad bowl.
2
Halve and core the pears before thinly sliced the flesh. Add the pear slices to the salad bowl with the crumbled blue cheese and roasted hazelnuts.
3
Whisk together the hazelnut oil and vinegars before adding salt and pepper to taste.
4
Drizzle the dressing over the salad then toss thoroughly to coat all the leaves with some dressing.
5
Serve heaped into salad bowls, making sure that every dinner has plenty of pear, nuts and blue cheese to balance the flavour of the leaves.

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Yield:

1.0 servings

Added:

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 11:14pm

Creator:

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