A delicious fruit salad dinner - that's ready in just 25 minutes!
Caramelized Pears and Gorgonzola Salad
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Ingredients 12
- Servings 8
Ingredients
Vinaigrette
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Caramelized Pears
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 4 firm ripe pears, peeled, quartered, cored and cut into eighths
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Salad
- 8 cups mixed spring greens
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped candied pecans (from 5-oz bag)
- 1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
Instructions
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Step1In small bowl, beat vinaigrette ingredients with wire whisk. Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours.
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Step2In 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over high heat. Add pears and sugar; cook and stir 6 to 8 minutes or until fruit is tender and golden. Cool slightly.
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Step3In large salad bowl, toss greens, onion and half the vinaigrette. Transfer to large platter. Arrange pears, pecans and cheese over greens. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
260
Calories
17g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
21g
Total Carbohydrate
14g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 260
- Calories from Fat
- 160
- Total Fat
- 17g
- 27%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 24%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 310mg
- 13%
- Potassium
- 330mg
- 9%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 19%
- Sugars
- 14g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 60%
- 60%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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