Pear and pecan salad with blue cheese recipe

Recipe for pear and pecan salad with blue cheese in our easy vegetarian recipes collection.

Recipe ingredients

• 1/2 cup shelled pecan nuts, roughly chopped
• 3 crisp pears
• 6 ounces young spinach, stems removed
• 1 escarole or butterhead lettuce
• 1 radicchio
• 2 tablespoons ready made blue cheese dressing
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Crusty bread, to serve

How to make pear and pecan salad with blue cheese

• Toast the pecan nuts under a moderate grill, to bring out their flavour.
• Cut the pears into even slices, leaving the skin intact and discarding the cores.
• Wash the salad leaves and spin dry.
• Add the pears together with the toasted pecans.
• Toss with the dressing.
• Distribute between 4 large plates and season with salt and pepper.
• Serve with warm crusty bread.
• Toasted pecan nuts have a special union with crisp white pears. Their robust flavours combine especially well with a rich blue cheese dressing and make this a salad to remember.

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