Pear and Walnut Salad with Wheat Beer Vinaigrette
Vegetarian Times Issue: November 1, 2004 p.94
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Member Rating:
This is a lovely seasonal salad—with or without the blue cheese. Use your favorite microbrewed wheat beer for a low-fat vinaigrette with big flavor.
Ingredient List
Serves 8
Vinaigrette
- 3/4 cup wheat beer
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbs. wildflower or amber honey
- 1 Tbs. Dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/3 cup vegetable stock
- 1/3 cup olive oil
Salad
- 8 cups assorted greens
- 3 to 4 ripe red-skinned pears, halved, cored and thinly sliced
- 6 oz. blue cheese or fresh goat cheese, crumbled, optional
- 1/2 cup toasted walnut halves
Directions
- To make Vinaigrette: Put wheat beer in saucepan, and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until it has reduced to 1/4 cup, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and whisk in remaining ingredients. Set aside.
- To make Salad: Arrange greens on 8 plates, and arrange pears on greens. Crumble blue cheese on top, if using, scatter with walnuts and drizzle each salad with Vinaigrette.
Nutritional Information
Per SERVING: Calories: 210,
Protein: 3g, Total fat: 14g,
Saturated fat: 1g, Carbs: 21g, Cholesterol: mg,
Sodium: 80mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugars: 13g
