Pear, Brie and Pecan Salad
This unusual salad is perfectly balanced
- Serves:
- 4
- Ready in:
- Under 15 Mins
Ingredients
For the malt vinaigrette
- 2 tbsp malt vinegar
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- salt and black pepper
For the salad
- 2 South African pears, peeled, halved and cored
- handful of watercress leaves handful of baby spinach handful of rocket leaves
- 1 large handful white and red seedless grapes, halved
- 1 handful pecans
- 115g vegetarian Brie, at room temperature, cut into cubes
Method
- 1
Make the vinaigrette: Whisk the vinegar, olive oil and maple syrup together in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- 2
Make the salad: Slice the pear halves into four. Toss the watercress, spinach, rocket, grapes and pecans with 2/3 of the vinaigrette to coat. Dip the sliced pears in the remaining vinaigrette.
- 3
To serve: Arrange the dressed salad leaves, grapes and pecans on four serving plates. Allocating half a pear per plate, arrange the dressed slices on top of the leaves. Add the Brie to finish and serve immediately.
Pear, Brie and Pecan Salad was taken from COOK VEGETARIAN
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For the malt vinaigrette
- 2 tbsp malt vinegar
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- salt and black pepper
For the salad
- 2 South African pears, peeled, halved and cored
- handful of watercress leaves handful of baby spinach handful of rocket leaves
- 1 large handful white and red seedless grapes, halved
- 1 handful pecans
- 115g vegetarian Brie, at room temperature, cut into cubes
- 1
Make the vinaigrette: Whisk the vinegar, olive oil and maple syrup together in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- 2
Make the salad: Slice the pear halves into four. Toss the watercress, spinach, rocket, grapes and pecans with 2/3 of the vinaigrette to coat. Dip the sliced pears in the remaining vinaigrette.
- 3
To serve: Arrange the dressed salad leaves, grapes and pecans on four serving plates. Allocating half a pear per plate, arrange the dressed slices on top of the leaves. Add the Brie to finish and serve immediately.
This unusual salad is perfectly balanced
Pear, Brie and Pecan Salad was taken from Cook Vegetarian
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