Goat Cheese, Pear, and Ham Salad
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
20 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
4
- For Vinaigrette
- 1 Tbsp Champagne vinegar
- 1 Tbsp honey
- ½ Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch freshly ground Black pepper
- 3 Tbsps good-quality olive oil
- For Salad
- 4 ozs thinly sliced Pancetta (8 slices)
- 1 Tbsp good-quality olive oil
- 2 ripe, firm Pear (cored and sliced into wedges)
- 4 cups Bitter greens (or baby greens)
- 5 ozs blue Goat cheese (sliced)
- ½ cup shelled Hazelnuts (chopped)
- ⅔ cup seasoned Crouton
- salt (to taste)
- freshly ground Black pepper (to taste)
Preparation steps
1.
For Vinaigrette:
2.
In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, honey, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Add oil in a slow stream, whisking until combined well.
3.
For Salad:
4.
Cook pancetta in oil in a heavy skillet, set over moderate heat, turning frequently, until just crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Break or cut into bite-size pieces.
5.
Saute pear slices in pancetta drippings for 1 to 2 minutes, until just golden, but still firm.
6.
Divide greens, pancetta, sliced pears and sliced cheese evenly among plates. Drizzle with vinaigrette and sprinkle with hazelnuts and croutons. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve.
