A beautiful healthy salad for any special occasion! A masterful flavor combination of pears, blue cheese, pomegranate and toasted walnuts with a very special dressing and easy to make! You can make the dressing and toast the walnuts ahead and then just assemble it.
Ingredients:
Serves 4
Dressing:
• 1 cup Riesling wine
• 1 Tbs Dijon mustard
• 2 Tbs white wine vinegar
• 3 tsp of sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 6 Tbs olive oil
Salad:
• 1 lb of lettuce of your choice, Spring Mix, Red Leaf Romaine, and Bibb work well
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1/3 cup toasted walnuts
• 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
• 1 cup of chopped pear, ripe but still firm
Directions:
Start by heating the Riesling in a small saucepan, bring just to a boil over medium/high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes or until the wine is reduced by half.
Remove from the heat and let it cool completely.
Meanwhile, toast the walnuts, just place the nuts in a dry skillet and cook over medium heat until fragrant, about 5-6 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk all dressing ingredients together.
To assemble, divide the lettuce evenly on 4 salad plates, top with blue cheese, walnuts, pomegranate seeds, and the chopped pear. I always sprinkle on a little more salt on pepper, then drizzle on the dressing.
Serve with warm crusty bread! Your guest will love this one and it has all the colors of Christmas!
