Roasted Bacon-Wrapped Pear Salad with Vinaigrette
Cheri Liefeld
Updated Oct 18, 2011
Recreate this chic bistro salad in your own kitchen, featuring a robustly flavored apple cider vinegar and maple syrup dressing.
Roasted Bacon-Wrapped Pear Salad with Vinaigrette
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Maple-Cider Vinaigrette
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons maple-flavored or real maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
Salad
- 3 Bosc, Anjou or Red pears
- 3 oz chèvre (goat) cheese
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 tablespoon maple-flavored or real maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 8 cups mixed salads greens
- 1/2 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 425°F. Place rack on cookie sheet.
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Step2In small bowl, beat vinaigrette ingredients with whisk until well blended; set aside.
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Step3Cut pears in half; remove core. Stuff each pear half with heaping tablespoon cheese. Wrap 1 bacon slice around each pear half. Brush pears with 1 tablespoon maple syrup; sprinkle with pepper. Place on rack on cookie sheet.
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Step4Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until bacon is cooked.
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Step5On each salad plate, place 1 1/3 cups of salad greens. Drizzle each with vinaigrette; sprinkle with pecans. Place 1 pear half on top of each.
Nutrition
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