Salad with Smoked Bacon, Pear, and Blue Cheese
⏳ Time
30 minutes
🥕 Ingredients
14
🍽️ Servings
4
Description
This salad is clearly designed for a celebration, as evidenced by the award-winning ingredients: blue cheese, smoked bacon, and the inherently noble flavor of pear. To help the flavors meld together more harmoniously, some of the ingredients are sautéed in the same pan: first the bacon, followed by the pear, cooked in the bacon fat, which gives the fruit a smoky aroma. You can use any fresh herbs, as long as they can withstand the heat of the warm ingredients and arrive at the table vibrant and fresh; arugula and spinach are great options, as their sturdy leaves won’t wilt or become soggy under the heat.
Ingredients
- Pears - 1 piece
- Marinated cherries - 7.1 oz
- Semi-Smoked Sausage - 3.5 oz
- Young Spinach "Belaya Dacha" - 2.1 oz
- Arugula - 1.4 oz
- Blue Cheese - 2.1 oz
- Olive Oil - 3 spoons
- Raspberry leaves - to taste
- Citrus Zest Mix - ½ spoons
- Meyer Lemon Juice - 2 spoons
- Honey - 1 tablespoon
- Dijon Mustard - ½ spoons
- Salt - to taste
- Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Cut the thin slices of bacon into strips.
Step 2
Fry until crispy on both sides in a dry skillet: place the bacon in a cold skillet first, then heat it up — this way it will render more fat and become crispy.
Step 3
Remove the core from the pear and slice it lengthwise into thin, long pieces.
Step 4
Sauté the pear until lightly golden in the same skillet used for the bacon.
Step 5
Cut the tomatoes in half.
Step 6
Cut the cheese into 1 cm cubes.
Step 7
Pour olive oil into a small jar, add honey, lemon zest, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and freshly ground pepper.
Step 8
Seal the jar and shake the sauce well until it emulsifies.
Step 9
Combine the pears, bacon, and cheese in a salad bowl. Add the salad greens and gently toss to mix.
Step 10
Drizzle with the prepared dressing, garnish with raspberries, and serve immediately.
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