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Peppered Pear Celebration Salad Recipe

With sweet fruit, a tart dressing and crunchy pistachios, every forkful of this beautiful salad is like a celebration for your taste buds! Assemble it in advance and drizzle with the vinaigrette just before serving.—Veronica Callaghan, Glastonbury, Connecticut

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Peppered Pear Celebration Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 10 Servings

25 5 30

Ingredients

2-1/2 cups cubed day-old French bread
5 cups torn mixed salad greens
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup seedless red grapes, halved
1/4 cup pistachios
1/4 cup dried cherries
2 medium pears, peeled and thinly sliced
1 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
VINAIGRETTE:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
1 tablespoon seedless raspberry preserves
1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot
1 teaspoon finely chopped shallot
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

Place bread on a baking sheet; bake at 350° for 5-8 minutes or until toasted, stirring once. Cool. Place in a salad bowl. Top with greens, onion, cheese, grapes, pistachios and cherries.
Place pears in a small bowl; sprinkle with pepper and toss to coat. Add pears to salad.
Whisk the vinaigrette ingredients; drizzle over salad and gently toss to coat. Serve immediately. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 162 calories, 9 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 234 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Peppered Pear Celebration Salad in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2010, p136