Pear salad with blue cheese, nuts and cranberries

Lemon mustard dressing with garlic perfectly complements all the ingredients of this dish. The pear and cheese salad will appeal to true gourmets.

• Recipe author: Daria Rodionova
• After preparation, you will receive 4 servings
• Cooking time: 5 minutes
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Total recipe preparation time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp butter the spoon
• Walnuts 1 cup
• Sugar ¹⁄₄ glass
• Lemon 1 piece
• Garlic 1 clove
• Dijon mustard ¹⁄₂ tsp spoons
• Olive oil ¹⁄₂ cup
• Salt ¹⁄₄ tsp spoons
• Pears 2 pieces
• Lettuce 1-2 bunches
• Dried cranberries ¹⁄₃ cup
• Blue cheese 50-100 g

Cooking method

• Melt butter over medium-high heat. Add nuts and sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.

• Transfer the nuts to a parchment-lined dish or baking sheet. Let them cool completely and harden.

• Squeeze the juice out of the lemon. Rub a little zest finely - about ¹⁄¹ teaspoon.

• Use a blender to whisk together the lemon juice, zest, garlic, mustard, oil and salt. The salad dressing should be smooth.

• Cut the pears into large, thin slices.

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• Place lettuce leaves on serving dishes, place pears, cranberries and nuts on top.

• Pour the prepared dressing over the salad.

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