Pear and Blue Cheese Salad with Delicious Shallot Vinaigrette

Name: Pear and Blue Cheese Salad with Delicious Shallot Vinaigrette
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 cup Mixed Greens (8 cups spring mix); 2 pieces Pear (2 pears, thinly sliced (red and green)); ½ cup Blue Cheese (1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese); ½ cup Dried Cranberries (1/2 cup dried cranberries); ½ cup Walnuts (1/2 cup chopped walnuts); 1 pinch Shallot Vinaigrette (one batch shallot vinaigrette); ¼ cup Red Wine Vinegar (1/4 cup red wine vinegar); 1 piece Lemon (juice and zest of 1 small lemon); ½ cup Olive Oil (1/2 cup olive oil); 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard (1 tablespoon dijon mustard); 1 tbsp Honey (1 tablespoon honey); 1 tsp Kosher Salt (1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste); 0 pieces Black Pepper (black pepper to taste); 2 cloves Garlic (2 cloves garlic, finely minced or crushed); 2 tbsp Shallots (2-3 tablespoons shallot, thinly sliced — up to 3)

A fresh salad of spring mix, sliced pears, crumbled blue cheese, cranberries, and walnuts, tossed with a homemade shallot vinaigrette.

30 minAmerican

Servings4

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Steps

1Make the dressing: Add all the ingredients, except the shallot, to a mixing bowl. Whisk together until well combined and emulsified. Add the shallot and whisk again to combine. Taste the dressing and add more salt or pepper as needed.
2Add the mixed greens to large mixing bowl and drizzle a bit of the dressing over the greens. Toss with a few spoonfuls of vinaigrette until lightly dressed. Top the salad with all of the toppings.
3Drizzle more of the vinaigrette over the salad before serving.