Salad With Fruit and Cheese

Submitted by ellie_

"We enjoyed this salad which I adapted from Bon Appetit (November 2008)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 78.78 ml oil
• 1 lemon, juice of, only
• 354.88 ml red grapes
• 118.29 ml dried tart cherry
• 141.74 g salad greens
• 2 bosc pears, cored and cut into matchstick pieces
• 118.29 ml pine nuts, toasted
• 113.39 g pecorino romano cheese, cut into matchstick pieces

directions

1. In a measuring cup or small bowl place cherries and cover with hot water. Let sit for about 15 minutes and drain well.
2. In a jar or bowl combine dressing ingredients (oil and lemon juice), whisk or shake well and set aside.
3. In a large salad bowl combine remaining ingredients (grapes - pears), toss well with dressing and then add pine nuts and cheese. Toss again.

Reviews

[COOKGIRl]

We felt the balance of flavors were off a bit in this salad with the combination of<br/>tart cherries and the tart lemon dressing. Lemon was the overpowering flavor unfortunately and we couldn't taste much else. Hazelnuts replaced pine nuts as the latter are hovering around 20-30 dollars a pound here. I would make this again but balance out the flavors-but how I don't know (yet). Reviewed for Veg Tag October.

 

[januarybride]

Lovely grouping of flavors. We found the dressing too bland, so we simply dumped on a bit of Italian dressing and we were good to go. Love the sweet pear with the tart cherry with the salty cheese. THANKS for sharing!

 

[CoffeeB]

I enjoyed this salad as a switch-up to my normal salad with lots of veggies. I used feta cheese crumbles in place of the pecorino cheese and also slivered almonds in place of the pine nuts as they are very expensive around here. A lovely combination of sweet/tart goodness. Made for Veg-n-Swap~

 

[2Bleu]

Similar to a Waldorf salad, this is a great combination of flavors perfect for any season. We enjoyed the simple and light dressing along with the julienne sliced pears and cheese. We did not re-hydrate the cherries, and also used chopped pecans rather than pine nuts. This is a terrific and elegant salad that you will be looking for seconds on, and we will definitely be making again. Thanks ellie_, for posting such a delicious salad recipe. :)