Roquefort Pear Salad

Servings:

This pear salad is the best salad I've ever eaten! It's tangy from the blue cheese, fruity from the pears, and crunchy from the caramelized pecans. A drizzle of mustard vinaigrette pulls it all together. Perfect in the fall or for the holidays.

Prep
11 min
Cook
38 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 To make the candied pecans: Combine pecans and sugar in a skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring gently, until sugar has melted and pecans are caramelized, 5 to 7 minutes.
  3. 3 Carefully transfer nuts onto a sheet of waxed paper to cool.
  4. 4 While the nuts are cooling, make the dressing: Whisk oil, vinegar, sugar, mustard, garlic, salt, and pepper together in a bowl.
  5. 5 To make the salad: Layer lettuce, pears, Roquefort cheese, avocado, and green onions in a large serving bowl. Pour dressing over top.
  6. 6 Break cooled pecans into pieces and sprinkle over salad.

Nutrition per serving

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