Pear-walnut salad as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
Autumn Recipe

Pear-walnut salad

Field salad is served with pear clasps, roasted walnuts, blue cheese and an apple vinegar-honey vinaigrette. Field salad must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal so that the leaves do not coincide. Goat cheese replaces the blue cheese, apple works instead of pear.

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Total time 15 min
Calories 350 kcal
Servings 4 servings
Difficulty Easy
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Field salad must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal, so that the leaves do not coincide. Field salad is prepared with pear clasps, roasted walnuts, blue cheese and an apple vinegar-honey vinaigrette. Goat cheese replaces the blue cheese, apple works instead of pear.

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Pear-walnut salad

Field salad is served with pear clefts, roasted walnuts, blue cheese and an apple vinegar-honey vinaigrette. Field salad must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal, so that the leaves do not collapse.

Ingredients

4 servings

Method

  1. 1

    Prepare ingredients

    Pears: cut into wedges. Blue cheese: crumble.

  2. 2

    Prepare

    Field salad is served with pear clefts, roasted walnuts, blue cheese and an apple vinegar-honey vinaigrette.

  3. 3

    Check for doneness

    Field lettuce must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal, so that the leaves do not collapse.

  4. 4

    Serving

    Sprinkle lettuce leaves with little dressing and put on pear clefts. Finally add walnuts and blue cheese, so that their strong aromas remain noticeable separately.

Kitchen know-how

Tips for Pear-walnut salad

Important for pear-walnut salad

Field lettuce must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal, so that the leaves do not collapse.

Variations

How to adapt this recipe

Goat cheese replaces blue cheese, apple works instead of pear.

Nutrition per serving

350kcal
26.0 gCarbohydrates
10.0 gProtein
24.0 gFat

Values are estimates and may vary depending on the ingredients, brands, portion size and preparation method used.

Frequently asked questions

FAQ about Pear-walnut salad

Weigh the field lettuce, prepare pears and prepare walnuts separately. Start the main cooking process for pear-walnut salad only after that.

Field lettuce must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal, so that the leaves do not collapse.

Cool pear-walnut salad covered. Important for the texture: Field salad must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal, so that the leaves do not collapse.

Goat cheese replaces blue cheese, apple works instead of pear.

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