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Pear and Blue Cheese Salad

Total Time
40 min
24m prep · 16m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This pear and blue cheese salad brings together ingredients that really enhance each other, and the dressing packs a perfect punch with maple syrup, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. It's a favorite in my family!

Ingredients

  • 1 , 10 ounce
  • 1 Bosc pear , cored and sliced
  • 0.5 cups sliced red onion , Optional
  • 0.5 cups chopped candied pecans
  • 0.5 cups crumbled blue cheese
  • 0.5 cups mayonnaise
  • 0.33 cups apple cider vinegar
  • 0.25 cups maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 0.75 teaspoons salt
  • 0.25 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
  • 0.25 cups walnut oil

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place salad greens in a large bowl. Add pear, red onion, pecans, and blue cheese; toss to combine.

  2. 2

    Place mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, brown sugar, salt, and pepper in a blender; blend thoroughly. With the motor running, pour in walnut oil in a slow, steady stream. Blend until dressing becomes creamy, about 1 minute. Pour over salad; toss to coat evenly. Serve immediately.

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