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Chicory Salad with Blue Cheese and Pears

Chicory Salad with Blue Cheese and Pears

This salad is packed with flavor and easy to make! I fun departure from your basic garden salad.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

For the salad

  • 4 Cups arugula
  • 1 Head of radicchio cored and thinly sliced
  • 3 Endives cored and thinly sliced
  • 2 Pears thinly sliced
  • 1 Cup walnuts
  • ½ Cup blue cheese crumbled

For the dressing

  • 6 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 Tablespoons sherry vinegar
  • 1 Teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 Clove garlic smashed
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Toast the walnuts. Pre heat the oven to 350. On a foil lined baking sheet, spread the walnuts out in an even layer and bake for 7-8 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and chop walnuts into coarse pieces.
  • Make the vinaigrette. Whisk the oil, vinegar and mustard together. Add the garlic clove and season with salt and pepper to taste. Discard the garlic clove before using.
  • Mix the arugula, endive, and radicchio in a large serving bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add the sliced pears, toasted walnuts and crumbled blue cheese. Drizzle with the vinaigrette and serve.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword blue cheese, pears, salad recipe