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Pear & Pine Nut Salad with Honey Vinaigrette
Ashley & Jason Bartner
2-4 servings
BeginnerRosy cheeked, angelica pears, native to the Metauro Valley are found in the markets throughout autumn in our area of Le Marche. One of my favorite ways to use these sweet small pears is tossing them with pine nuts, parmesan and a sweet honey lemon vinaigrette - creating an irresistible salad!
Total Steps
2
Ingredients
9
Tools Needed
5
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La Tavola MarcheIngredients
- Parmesan
- 1 spoonful honey
- extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 lemon juice of lemon
- 2 small pears pears
- 100 grams pine nuts
- 1 small head soft leafed lettuce
- pepper
- salt
Instructions
1
Step 1
In a bowl, combine the lemon juice and honey. While stirring, slowly drizzle in the olive oil, using approximately twice the amount of olive oil as lemon juice, to form a vinaigrette.
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Step 2
Taste the vinaigrette and adjust seasoning as needed; add more lemon juice if too oily, or more olive oil if too tart. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine the lettuce with half of the cubed pears and half of the pine nuts. Add the prepared dressing, a crack of pepper, and a sprinkle of salt, then toss gently to combine. Transfer the salad to a serving bowl and top with the remaining pine nuts, pears, and shaved Parmesan.
Tools & Equipment
bowl
whisk
knife
cutting board
serving bowl