Pear and chicory salad with walnuts and blue cheese

Pear and chicory salad with walnuts and blue cheese

Blue cheese contrasts well with sweet peers and the bitter crunch of chicory.

Pear and chicory salad with walnuts and blue cheese

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Ready in 15-20 min

Blue cheese contrasts well with sweet peers and the bitter crunch of chicory.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
559 kcals
Fat
52g (14.7g saturated)
Protein
15g
Carbohydrates
9.5g (7.3g sugar)
Salt
2.2g

Ingredients

  • 2 heads each red and white chicory
  • 1½ tbsp raspberry vinegar or red wine vinegar
  • 1 heaped tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 free-range egg yolk, at room temperature
  • 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 ripe pears, such as forelle, comice or concorde, halved, cored and sliced
  • 200g Roquefort
  • 100g walnuts, toasted and chopped
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Method

  1. Trim the bottom of each head of chicory, and slice in half lengthways. Cut out the cores, separate the leaves, and divide between 4 serving plates.
  2. In a clean bowl, whisk together the vinegar, mustard and egg yolk. Season well. Slowly whisk in the olive oil to make an emulsion.
  3. Toss the pears with some of the vinaigrette and place on the chicory, leaves. Drizzle with the remaining vinaigrette. Crumble the Roquefort onto the salad and scatter over the walnuts to serve.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
559 kcals
Fat
52g (14.7g saturated)
Protein
15g
Carbohydrates
9.5g (7.3g sugar)
Salt
2.2g

delicious. tips

  1. Note: this recipe contains raw egg. For a vegetarian version, substitute the Roquefort for a vegetarian blue cheese such as Beenleigh Blue or vegetarian stilton.

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