Mixed Green Salad With Bacon Wrapped Pears
From kytigger 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This salad is delicious. . . creamy gorgonzola is tossed with a mixture greens that's been topped with fresh cherry tomatoes, slivered almonds, and oven roasted bacon wrapped pears.
Ingredients
- 1 pear of your choice (I used a green anjou) shopping list
- 1/2 pound thick sliced pepper bacon, sliced in half and also cut lengthwise in half shopping list
- whipped honey (see #3 in directions) shopping list
- 1 cup washed baby arugula shopping list
- 1/2 cup washed spinach shopping list
- 1/4 washed and chopped romaine shopping list
- A healthy chunk of creamy gorgonzola (I rarely measure cheese, especially in salads, adjust to your own preferences and taste) shopping list
- 10-15 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half shopping list
- 4 TBLS slivered almonds shopping list
- Reduced Balsamic to taste, used as dressing to drizzle (recipe below) shopping list
- 2 TBLS basil infused olive oil (I simply purchased this at the store) shopping list
- Reduced Balsamic shopping list
- 1/2 cup aged balsamic shopping list
- pinch of sugar (this is not necessary if your balsamic has been thoroughly aged, about 10 years or more) shopping list
How to make it
- (Preheat oven to 375 degrees)
- Wash pear thoroughly, cut into thick slices (I had about 12-14 thick slices of pear)
- Wrap slices of bacon around each slice of pear, secure with a toothpick and place on a wire rack above a sided cookie sheet prepared with aluminum foil (for easy cleanup).
- Place a small dollop of whipped honey on top of each pear/bacon combo. (This will create a sugary caramelized crust on top of the peppery bacon, mmmmm).
- Place bacon wrapped pears in the oven for appx. 15 minutes, after 15 minutes flip the bacon wrapped pears over and continue to roast for another 10-15 minutes until bacon is cooked, juicy and crisp.
- While the pears are cooking: place arugula, spinach, romaine, gorgonzola, almonds, tomatoes in a large bowl and toss.
- When the pears are finished roasting allow them to cool for about 5 minutes.
- Place slightly cooled pears atop your salad mixture.
- Drizzle with reduced balsamic and basil infused olive oil and toss.
- Reduced Balsamic
- Place balsamic (and sugar if using it) in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Whisking constantly bring to a simmer.
- Continue to whisk and simmer for about 15 minutes, until balsamic is thick and syrupy.
- Cool.
- Eat it and enjoy!
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~ Hello ~
What a 'Toothsome' Treat ~ "5"FORK!!!!!
for this recipe ~ I love the combination of
flavors, textures and colors ~
~*~ mj ~*~
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