Best Pear Apple Walnut Salad In A Balsamic Reduction Recipes

PEAR SALAD WITH BALSAMIC AND WALNUTS

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This pear salad recipe is a stunning fall side dish! Simple, elegant, and delicious, it'd be a great addition to a Thanksgiving or holiday dinner.

Provided by Jeanine Donofrio

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

4 cups mixed salad greens
2 ripe pears (sliced)
1 fennel bulb (sliced paper thin*)
Lemon wedge
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
1 tablespoon chopped pecans
1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon chopped hazelnuts (or more pecans or walnuts)
⅓ cup shaved pecorino
Balsamic Vinaigrette (for drizzling)
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

Assemble the salad with the mixed greens and top with the pears and fennel. Squeeze a little lemon over the pears and fennel and toss.
Top with the cranberries, pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, and pecorino. Drizzle with balsamic vinaigrette. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

APPLE, PEAR AND WALNUT SALAD

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Provided by Sunny Anderson

Categories side-dish

Time 1h20m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
1 orange, zested
1/2 cup raisins
4 apples, preferably use 2 to 3 different kinds
2 pears, preferably red and green
2/3 cup walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

In a large bowl whisk together vinegar, orange juice, zest, and raisins. Core and cube apples and pears. Add fruit and walnuts to a bowl and drizzle with oil. Toss well to combine. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

PEAR APPLE WALNUT SALAD IN A BALSAMIC REDUCTION

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I recently needed a "salad-ish" dish to take to a Christmas Eve dinner, and came up with this. Wintertime does not make me hungry for a cold salad, but this one is a nice compromise - and it doesn't involve one leaf vegetable! You can make the balsamic reduction in advance - it keeps nicely in the fridge for a few weeks in a closed container. The amounts of the ingredients are flexible as are the ingredients themselves. Choose your favorite apple and pear, and leaving the skin on them adds color and texture. The salad keeps well for a day or two in the fridge as well, but the fruits, cucumber and celery wilt a bit.

Provided by tlb727

Categories Brunch

Time 55m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 pear, cored and sliced thinly
1 apple, cored and sliced thinly
1/2 cucumber, sliced lengthwise with the seeds removed, then cut into slices
1/2-2/3 celery rib, cut into thin slices
1 cup toasted walnuts
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbles
1 -1 1/2 cup good quality balsamic vinegar
fresh ground black pepper

Steps:

Put the balsamic vinegar in a small saucepan and turn the heat on low. When making a balsamic reduction, you don't have to boil the vinegar - you just have to get it warm enough to evaporate the vinegar. Boiling may burn the reduction.
Stir the balsamic occasionally to check the consistency, and make sure your hood fan is on. The evaporation of the vinegar can be quite pungent.
Have patience - this reduction takes a bit of time. Maybe 45 minutes?.
Once the volume of the vinegar has been reduced to about 1/3 of its original volume, remove it from the heat and set it aside.
Slice your fruit, cucumber and celery and place in a bowl.
Add the walnuts, cranberries and blue cheese crumbles.
Toss.
Add ground pepper and drizzle with balsamic reduction (make sure it's cool!).
Add a bit more ground pepper, and more balsamic reduction if needed and toss again.
Enjoy as an appetizer or a side salad.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.1, Fat 21.7, SaturatedFat 3.4, Cholesterol 6.3, Sodium 124, Carbohydrate 17.9, Fiber 4.7, Sugar 9.5, Protein 6.8

PEAR & WALNUT SALAD WITH BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

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I came up with this salad recipe for Father's Day, and it was a huge hit. I strongly recommend recipe #154351 and recipe #323254 in this!! (I used both walnuts and pecans when making the candied nuts.) It's really pretty if you can get yellow pear tomatoes and use a red pepper, or vise versa.

Provided by Katzen

Categories Vegetable

Time 15m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 red peppers or 1 yellow pepper, sliced
1 pear, sliced
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup walnuts
4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
6 cups spring greens
1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette
pepper, freshly ground

Steps:

Assemble salad.
Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 224.4, Fat 16.2, SaturatedFat 5.4, Cholesterol 26.8, Sodium 339.9, Carbohydrate 15.4, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 9.5, Protein 7.3

WALNUT PEAR SALAD

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"This nutty salad is absolutely beautiful with mixed greens," suggests Marian Platt of Sequim, Washington. "Pears and apricot nectar add fruity sweetness."

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Lunch

Time 10m

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1/3 cup apricot nectar
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon minced fresh mint or 1/4 teaspoon dried mint
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground mustard
3 medium pears, peeled, halved and sliced
12 cups mixed salad greens
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

Steps:

In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the first six ingredients; shake well. Combine the pears and dressing in a large serving bowl. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. , Just before serving, add greens to pear mixture; toss to coat. Sprinkle with walnuts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 211 calories, Fat 14g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 78mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (11g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 6g protein.