Pear and Goat Cheese Salad with Toasted Almonds
This out-of-this-world Pear and Goat Cheese Salad with Toasted Almonds recipe is the perfect combination of textures and flavors. With sweet pears, crunchy almonds and smooth goat cheese, this is a great spring salad recipe. Adding a little brown sugar to those roasted pears will make this dish even sweeter than it already is.
Ingredients
- Greens
- Almonds
- Bosc pears
- Goat cheese
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Pinch of sugar
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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Cut or tear up your greens.
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Chop up two of your pears (save the third for later!). These pears are going to be put in the salad raw.
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Put sliced raw almonds in a baking dish and put them in preheated oven.
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Cook for 5 minutes, shake the pan/turn the almonds over, then cook for another 5 minutes. You’ll start to smell that wonderful nutty aroma and you’ll know they are done.
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While your almonds are toasting cut or crumble your goat cheese.
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Take your third pear and cut it into long slices.
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Place your sliced pears into a pan and sprinkle a little brown sugar on top.
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Cook over medium heat for about 8-10 minutes turning the pears halfway through.
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For dressing: Add equal parts olive oil and balsamic vinegar to your bottle and then a pinch of regular table sugar. Then, whisk or shake the ingredients together.
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Assemble your salad. Mix the raw pears and most of the goat cheese in with the lettuce and the warm pears on top with a garnish of goat cheese. Sprinkle on your toasted almonds.
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