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Peppered Pear Celebration Salad

Peppered Pear Celebration Salad
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
10 ServingsPrep/Total Time: 30 min.

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
© Taste of Home 2013

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Peppered Pear Celebration Salad (continued)

Directions (continued)

  • to coat. Serve immediately. Yield: 10 servings.
Nutrition 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.
© Taste of Home 2013