Warm Roasted Pear, Fennel & Blue Cheese Salad

I was never a salad eater until I discovered the joy of matching salad greens with fruit. Now, whenever I spot a salad recipe with fruit in it, I pounce on it.

This particular recipe – Warm Roasted Pear, Fennel & Blue Cheese Salad – is from New Zealand’s Food magazine (Jun/Jul 201, Issue 71) and looked absolutely tantalising. I couldn’t wait to try it out.

Pears and blue cheese are truly a match made in heaven. Fennel bulb was a first for me, and I wasn’t sure I was going to like it, but I really loved it – the texture is a little like celery, and it has a surprisingly subtle licorice taste to it – a nice compliment to the rest of the salad. I’m totally sold.

WARM ROASTED PEAR, FENNEL & BLUE CHEESE SALAD

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Cooling Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Salad

Servings 6 Servings

Ingredients

  

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For the salad

• ▢ ¼ cup runny honey
• ▢ 2 Tbsp olive oil
• ▢ Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• ▢ 6 small ripe but firm pears, cored and quartered
• ▢ 1 medium fennel bulb, sliced
• ▢ Salad greens of your choice
• ▢ 80 g creamy blue cheese
• ▢ Optional: Chopped walnuts

For the salad dressing

• ▢ ¼ cup olive oil
• ▢ 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• ▢ 2 Tbsp runny honey
• ▢ Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 180°C (360°F) and line a roasting tray with baking paper.
• Mix the honey, olive oil and seasoning in a bowl and toss with the pears and fennel to coat them evenly.
• Arrange the pears and fennel on the prepared tray in a single layer and roast them in the oven for 12-15 minutes, tossing them once, until the pears are softened and glazed. Set the pears aside to cool for 5 minutes.
• Arrange the salad greens on a serving platter and top with the roasted pears and fennel. Dot the salad with slices of blue cheese.
• Whisk the oil, lemon juice and extra honey together and season to taste. Spoon the dressing over the salad just before serving.

Keyword Roasted Pear Fennel Blue Cheese Salad

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