Roasted Pear Salad

Name: Roasted Pear Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup, Girard’sⓇ Light Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing, divided; 1/3 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup pecans, chopped; 1/4 cup dried cherries; 4 ounces blue cheese; 3 firm pears; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 8 ounces butter lettuce; Simply DressedⓇ Blue Cheese Dressing

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The 2010 Winner of the “Release Your Inner Chef” recipe contest perfectly mixes hearty blue cheese and pecan flavors with fresh pears and butter lettuce.

READY In

55 Minutes

PREP TIME

15 Minutes

COOK TIME

40 Minutes

SERVES

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Ingredients

1 cup, Girard’sⓇ Light Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing, divided

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup pecans, chopped

1/4 cup dried cherries

4 ounces blue cheese

3 firm pears

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

8 ounces butter lettuce

Simply DressedⓇ Blue Cheese Dressing

Directions

Step 1:

Mix 3/4 cup of vinaigrette and sugar in a sauce pan. Cook over low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Set aside.

Step 2:

Place pecans in a skillet and toast over medium heat (watch carefully as they burn easily). Set aside. Mix cherries with toasted pecans and blue cheese and set aside.

Step 3:

Preheat oven to 375°F. Slice pears in half lengthwise and remove cores from pears to create a hole for filling. Place pears, hole side up, in a baking dish and sprinkle with lemon juice. Spoon filling into center of pears.

Step 4:

Sprinkle dressing mixture over pears. Bake uncovered until tender, about 30 minutes, basting 3 or 4 times during baking process.

Step 5:

Clean and tear lettuce into bite size pieces and toss with remaining 1/4 cup of vinaigrette. Arrange lettuce on salad plates. Place a pear in center of each plate, spoon pan drippings over top of each pear. Drizzle desired amount of blue cheese dressing over each salad.