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Winter Salad with Spiced Pecans, Pears and Blue Cheese

Serves: 4-6 |

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Recipe by Jane Baxter, Riverford Field Kitchen

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Method

  1. Wash and dry the salad leaves and set aside.
  2. In a small bowl, mix the pecans with the cayenne pepper, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco and salt.
  3. Scatter them over a baking tray and bake in an oven preheated to 200°C/Gas Mark 6 for 5-6 minutes, until lightly toasted.
  4. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

For the vinaigrette, combine the ingredients vigorously.

  1. Put the pears and salad leaves in a bowl and toss with the dressing.
  2. Divide between 4 plates, scatter over the blue cheese and pecans nuts and serve.

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Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 300g mixed winter salad leaves
  • 75g pecan nuts
  • a pinch of cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • a dash of Tabasco sauce
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 3 ripe pears, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 3 tbsp basic vinaigrette
  • 75g blue cheese (try gorgonzola or doleclatte), crumbled

For the vinaigrette:

  • 240ml sunflower oil
  • 4 tbsp good quality balsamic or red wine vinegar
  • garlic clove, crushed to a paste with a little salt
    1. 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
    2. sea salt and black pepper

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