Roquefort Pear Salad Recipe

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Guests at a barbecue we hosted last summer brought this cool, refreshing salad. Now it's a mainstay at most all our cookouts. The mingling of zesty tastes and textures instantly wakes up the taste buds. -Sherry Duval, Baltimore, Maryland

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Roquefort Pear Salad Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 8-10 Servings

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Ingredients

10 cups torn salad greens
3 large ripe pears, peeled and cut into large pieces
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
4 ounces crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
MUSTARD VINAIGRETTE:
1/3 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the salad greens, pears, onions, cheese and almonds. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the vinaigrette ingredients; shake well. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Originally published as Roquefort Pear Salad in Taste of Home August/September 2000, p29