salad with pear, hazelnut, and goat cheese
Made this simple yet elegant salad with a ripe pear, toasted hazelnuts, and goat cheese the other night and it turned out so well I thought I’d write it up. I had a tiny wedge of Humboldt Fog goat cheese on hand and was glad I did- it’s really good stuff.
Pear, Hazelnut and Goat Cheese Salad
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Author: Mary
Recipe type: salad
Cuisine: American
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- For the dressing:
- 1 Tbsp. champagne vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- For the salad:
- 4 oz. salad greens (I used green and red leaf lettuce this time)
- ⅓ cup hazelnuts
- 2 oz. soft goat cheese (Humboldt Fog in this case)
- 1 ripe pear
Instructions
- Wash, dry and shred greens.
- Dry-toast hazelnuts in a large pan for several minutes, stirring constantly. Remove when they become hot and fragrant and are just starting to brown.
- Cool and chop hazelnuts.
- Halve pear, core, slice into thin wedges.
- Crumble goat cheese.
- Combine dressing ingredients with greens in a large bowl, toss.
- Serve greens onto salad plates.
- Top with chopped hazelnuts, pears, crumbled goat cheese.
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Wow that flavour combination sounds absolutely delicious!! I love Goats Cheese on anything and even had it with my brunch this morning 🙂
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Thanks, Jan!
This looks amazing. A combination of some of my favorite ingredients. I think I’ve found the salad for my Christmas Dinner menu 🙂
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Thanks, Jill! And thanks for stopping by and saying hi, I appreciate it!
This recipe looks right up my alley! I’m so glad that I found your blog because it looks like you post some great recipes!
Thank you Stacie! And thanks for visiting and commenting, I loved hearing from you!
You officially combined three of my favorite flavors in one! And I have all three in the house. This salad is definitely happening once I’m through the Thanksgiving leftovers 🙂
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Thanks Davida! I think I might make this for four or five once more of my family is here for the holidays and size up the recipe. So I’ll be making it again soon, too– I still have some Humboldt Fog cheese for it!
Mmmmm I love me some pears and goat cheese! Fabulous!
Thanks, Alexis!
I have a feeling that we bloggers will be posting a lot of salads this week after all the Thanksgiving sweets haha! Looks amazingg Mary!
Yup, it’s really a good moment for salad isn’t it?
This looks awesome! I’m always a sucker for some goat cheese
Thanks Elise! And thanks for checking out my blog!