Roasted Pear and Arugula Salad with Walnuts and Parmesan
Serves: 5
Yield: 4-6 ServingsPrep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Ingredients:
| 4 | firm pears |
| 1 tablespoon | butter, melted |
| 2 tablespoons | sugar |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons | extra virgin olive oil |
| 2 teaspoons | white wine vinegar |
| 1/2 teaspoon | salt |
| freshly ground black pepper | |
| 7 cups | arugula , , washed dried and torn in bite-size pieces (or other greens) |
| 1/4 cup | shaved or grated Parmesan cheese |
| 1 cup | walnuts |
Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 500 F and put baking sheet in the oven to heat too.
2 Cut each pear lengthwise, remove the core, then set cut side down on a board and slice thinly into 5 pieces lengthwise again.
3 Toss pear with butter and sugar.
4 Place on baking sheet and in oven to roast for 10 min, or until browned on bottom.
5 Flip and roast until tender and deep brown, 5 more minutes.
6 Let pears cool.
7 Toast the walnuts in a small dry skillet until browned, 3 minutes and set aside.
8 Whisk the olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper together.
9 Combine arugula and pears in large serving bowl, and gentley toss with the dressing.
10 Using a vegetable peeler, shave curls of Parmesan cheese on top of salad.
11 Chop walnuts coarsely and sprinkle on top.
Source: food.com
