Griddled pear & blue cheese salad

Griddled pear & blue cheese salad

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Prep: 10 mins Cook: 15 mins

Easy

Serves 4
Contrast sweet grilled fruit with salty robust blue cheese and a honey vinaigrette in this stylish salad

Nutrition and extra info

  • Vegetarian

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal259
  • fat17g
  • saturates8g
  • carbs19g
  • sugars19g
  • fibre5g
  • protein8g
  • salt1.2g
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Ingredients

  • 4 firm, ripe pears, sliced lengthways into 1cm slices
    Pear

    Pear

    pair

    Like apples, to which they are related, pears come in thousands of varieties, of which only a…

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
    olive oil

    Olive oil

    ol-iv oyl

    Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…

  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp honey
    Honey

    Honey

    huh-nee

    Honey is made by bees from the nectar they collect from flowers. Viscous and fragrant, it's…

  • 250g bag mixed salad leaf
  • 150g pack blue cheese, crumbled
  • crusty bread, to serve (optional)

Method

  1. Put the pears in a bowl and drizzle with 1 tsp of the oil. Heat a griddle pan, then cook the pears, in batches, for 1 min on each side. Set aside to cool.

  2. Mix the remaining oil, vinegar and honey. Toss the pears, leaves and cheese, divide between 4 plates and drizzle with the dressing. Serve with bread, if you like.

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theashes
9th Jun, 2014
I added crispy fried streaky bacon, and it was all absolutely delicious! I'm cooking it again this week!
Pep1301
22nd Feb, 2014
Pretty basic in terms of flavour combination, if you want something with a bit more sophistication search Warm Stilton Salad much more flavoursome!
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sllyst
13th Jan, 2014
Simple but delicious. Had raw pear and blue cheese before but the griddling and the pear being warm give it extra character. So good i've had it 2 days in a row. Will definitely be a regular for a blue cheese and salad lover like me.
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