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Fall Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette
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Create a stunning Thanksgiving starter with mixed greens, pears, walnuts, and gorgonzola tossed in cranberry dressing.
Ingredients:
  • 0.5 cup cider vinegar
  • 0.25 cup cranberries
  • 0.25 cup olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 0.125 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 heads romaine lettuce - rinsed, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces
  • 2 medium heads Belgian endive - washed, dried and chopped
  • 2 red Anjou pears
  • 0.5 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
  • 0.5 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
Instructions:
  • Combine vinegar and cranberries in a saucepan over medium heat until cranberries soften. Remove from heat and blend with olive oil, sugar, salt, and pepper until smooth. Chill in the refrigerator.
  • Prepare one pear by removing the core and cutting it into thin matchstick-sized strips. Dice the other pear after removing the core.
  • Combine the Romaine lettuce, endive, diced pears, walnuts, and Gorgonzola in a large bowl. Toss with dressing until evenly coated.
  • Arrange the salad on plates, decorate with julienned pear, and sprinkle extra walnuts on top.