Fall Harvest Salad Recipe
Tender lettuce and ripe pears are fantastic with the tangy vinaigrette. You'll want to sneak a couple of the sugared pecans when you assemble the salad! —Taste of Home Cooking School
This recipe is:
Quick
4 Servings
Prep/Total Time: 20 min.
Ingredients
VINAIGRETTE:
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons minced chives
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup half-and-half cream
SALAD:
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup pecan halves
1 tablespoon sugar
2 medium pears, thinly sliced
2 cups torn leaf lettuce
Directions
In a bowl, combine the vinegar, oil, chives, sugar, salt and cayenne; whisk in cream until well combined. Set aside.
In a small skillet, melt butter over medium heat; stir in pecans and sugar. Cook and stir until pecans are toasted and coated with sugar. Remove pecans to paper towels to drain and cool.
In a large bowl, combine the pear slices, lettuce, pecans and 1/3 cup vinaigrette and toss to coat. Yield: 4 servings.
Cinnamon Crouton Variation: In a nonstick skillet, melt 3 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add 3 cups cubed cinnamon swirl bread; stir to coat. Cook and stir 5-7 minutes or until bread is toasted. Transfer croutons to a bowl; set aside. Prepare recipe as directed above and toss pears, lettuce, pecans and vinaigrette with croutons.
Originally published as Fall Harvest Salad in Taste of Home Cooking School Collection Fall 2009, p45
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