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CARAMELIZED PEAR AND FETA SALAD

Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 3 pears (you want them slightly underripe and firm)
  • 50 grams feta cheese
  • 1 tablespoon walnuts, roughly chopped
  • Lettuce, to serve

Dressing:

  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar (or apple-cider vinegar)
  • 1 tablespoon shallots, finely chopped
  • 1 ½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Halve the pears, then cut them into wedges. I do 8 wedges with each pear. Remove the seeds.
  • Toss the pears evenly with maple syrup, pepper and salt. Add them to a large wide pan over high heat and let them caramelize on both sides. Don’t overcrowd the pan. Do this in batches if required. The trick to get some good colour on them is to not move them once they’re in the pan. Once they are nicely caramelized on the first side, flip and colour the other side. Transfer the pears to a bowl.
  • Keeping the heat under the pan on low, add minced shallots and vinegar. Quickly scrape up all the sticky bits from the bottom of the pan and take it off the heat. This is your dressing.
  • Toss the pears in the bowl with most of the feta (crumbled with your fingers), lettuce and the dressing. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve with chopped walnuts and more crumbled feta over the top.