Best Lime And Pear Salad Recipes

APPLE AND PEAR FRUIT SALAD WITH HONEY-LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Add the apples, pears and pieces to a large bowl. Squeeze the juice from the limes over fruit. Add the honey and mint leaves, and toss it all together to coat. Serve immediately or chill until ready.

PEAR SALAD WITH CREAM CHEESE AND LIME GELATIN

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, add 1 cup of pear juice and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• In a large bowl combine dry lime gelatin with pear juice and stir until gelatin is dissolved.
• Chill until partially set.
• In a medium bowl, cream the cream cheese with milk until blended and smooth.
• In a small bowl, mash pears until smooth. Mix with the cream cheese mixture and mix until smooth.
• Combine gelatin mixture and cream cheese mixture and blend until smooth.
• Fold in cool whip.
• Pour into a mold or leave in a bowl and chill 2-3 hours or until set.

PURSLANE, MEYER LEMON, AND PEAR SALAD WITH MAKRUT LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Make vinaigrette:
• Cut peel, including white pith, from lemon with a small sharp knife. Working over a bowl to catch juices, cut lemon segments free from membranes, letting segments drop into bowl.
• Crush lemongrass stalk with side of a heavy knife (to release oils), then thinly slice. Bring stock, lemongrass, and chile to a boil in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan. Cover pan and remove from heat, then let stand 20 minutes.
• Return to a boil and add lemon segments with juice and lime leaves. Cover pan and remove from heat, then let stand 20 minutes more.
• Pour mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl, discarding solids, then return to saucepan and whisk in oil. Bring vinaigrette to a boil and whisk in cornstarch mixture, then simmer, whisking occasionally, 2 minutes. Cool completely. Whisk in herbs and salt and pepper to taste.
• Make salad:
• Using slicer, cut Meyer lemon (with skin) crosswise, pears lengthwise (discarding cores), and radishes lengthwise into very thin slices (about 1/16 inch thick) and transfer to a large bowl. Add purslane, oil, lemon juice, and fleur de sel and pepper to taste and toss gently.
• Divide salad among 6 plates and spoon vinaigrette over and around each. Serve salads with jasmine crackers on the side.

LIME AND PEAR SALAD

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups of boiling water over lime gelatin. Stir until dissolved. Pour into ring mold, which has been rinsed in cold water, chill until firm.
• Pour two cups of boiling water over lemon gelatin and while still hot add cream cheese, juice of pears and salt. Stir until smooth. Cool and when the mixture begins to thicken add the pears, (which have been cut up in small pieces), cherries, and pineapple. Pour over the stiffened lime gelatin and refrigerate until completely set.
• Serve on crisp lettuce and water cress. fill center with mayonnaise which as been mixed with whipped cream.