Name: Pear, Gorgonzola & Walnut Salad
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon); 2 teaspoons honey; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; ½ teaspoon black pepper; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; 4 cups mixed baby lettuces; 1 medium ripe Bosc pear, thinly sliced; ¼ cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese; ¼ cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped; ¼ cup golden raisins

The light and refreshing vinaigrette in this side salad offsets the tangy funk of Gorgonzola and sweetness from the raisins and pears. Even better, this salad celebrates fall and has beautiful colors. Feel free to get creative with this salad: Add chicken to make it meal-worthy, choose a different nut or swap Bosc pears for your favorite variety. Be sure to wait to dress this salad until ready to serve or the greens will wilt.

Pear, Gorgonzola & Walnut Salad

olive oil

lemon juice (from 1 lemon)

honey

thyme

Dijon mustard

black pepper

salt

baby lettuces

Bosc pear, thinly sliced

Gorgonzola cheese

walnuts,

golden raisins

Whisk together oil, lemon juice, honey, thyme, mustard, pepper and salt in a large bowl. Add lettuce and gently toss to combine. Top with sliced pear, Gorgonzola, walnuts and raisins. Serve immediately.


This was so good!! Great contrast of flavors. Everything worked together. Made it last night, making it again tonight, and looking forward to it.

This was delicious! My husband loved it and he seldom likes salad. It may have helped that the pears came from his tree and there were nuts and cheese on it. I had to use dried cranberries instead of raisins and blue cheese instead of gorgonzola because that was what I had on hand. Dressing was just right. So good!

I loved it, I have eaten it twice within the week, added chicken once and shimp the other.  Made the chicken recipe with farfalle pasta...all very delicious.

Delicious!  Used Bosc pear, so tasty with the Gorgonzola, raisins and thyme dressing. I dress to taste and always have leftover. Going to try with hazelnuts next time.  Very yummy!

Pear, Gorgonzola & Walnut Salad

Total: 10 minutes

Author : Sarah Epperson Loveless

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