Pear and Pecan Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

Pear and Pecan Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe,  Toasted pecans have a special affinity for crisp white pears.  Their robust flavors combine especially well with the rich blue cheese dressing and make this a salad to remember.

SERVES 4

• ½ cup shelled pecans, roughly chopped
  
• 3 crisp pears
• 6 oz. baby spinach, stems removed
• 1 Boston lettuce
• 1 radicchio
• 2 tbsp. blue cheese and chive dressing
• Salt and pepper
• Crusty bread, to serve

• Toast the pecans under a moderate broiler to bring out their flavour.
• Cut the pears into even slices, leaving the skin intact, and discarding the cores.
• Wash the salad leaves and spin dry.
• Add the pears together with the toasted pecans, then toss with the dressing.
• Distribute between 4 plates and season with salt and pepper.
• Serve with warm crusty bread.