Best Spinach Pear Salad From Restaurateur Tom Douglas Recipes
SPINACH PEAR SALAD FROM RESTAURATEUR, TOM DOUGLAS
This salad is perfect. AND the curried cashews make outstanding appetizers, garnishes, snacks or gifts; the honey-sesame dressing can be used on any number of salads. The contrast of colors, flavors and textures is inspired. Tom Douglas is chef and owner of 4 Seattle eateries and this salad has been on his menu.
Provided by sugarpea
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 35m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Curried Cashews: Preheat oven to 400°; toast cashews on baking sheet for 8-10 minutes or until golden; combine remaining ingredients; add hot cashews, toss until coated; set aside to cool.
- Honey-Sesame Vinaigrette: Combine all ingredients and whisk until emulsified.
- Salad: Cut bacon into 1/2" pieces and cook until crisp.
- Put greens, onions and sliced pears in a bowl and toss with enough vinaigrette to coat everything well.
- Place salad on six plates; sprinkle each with bacon and curried cashews; garnish with cluster of grapes placed at the side of each plate.
WARM SPINACH AND PEAR SALAD WITH BACON DRESSING
Serve as a firt course, or a light luncheon dish with whole grain bread. You can vary the flavor and texture by substituting apples, peaches, papayas or melon for the pear. Taken from the Family Circle Cookbook.
Provided by jonesies
Categories Spinach
Time 20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place spinach in large bowl.
- Cook bacon in large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp.
- Remove to paper towel to drain.
- Discard all but 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings from skillet.
- Add oil to drippings in skillet and heat.
- Add onion; cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in vinegar, mustard, sugar, salt and pepper.
- Bring to boiling.
- Remove from heat.
- Add pear to spinach.
- Pour hot dressing over spinach and pear; toss well to coat.
- Crumble bacon and sprinkle over salad.
- Serve immediately.
SPINACH, PEAR, AND BLUE CHEESE SALAD
Steps:
- With a vegetable peeler or sharp paring knife, shave the pears, rotating the fruit as you work to form thin, even pieces.
- In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice and oil; season with salt and pepper. Divide spinach, pears, and blue cheese among four serving plates; sprinkle with almonds and drizzle with lemon vinaigrette. Serve immediately.
SPINACH, PEAR, AND FRISEE SALAD WITH CURRIED CASHEWS
Provided by Food Network
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- To make the vinaigrette, whisk together the vinegar, mustard, honey, sesame seeds, garlic, and salt and pepper, to taste, in a bowl. Gradually whisk in the oil. Set aside.
- To make the curried cashews, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- On a baking sheet, toast the cashews until golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine the melted butter, rosemary, curry powder, brown sugar, salt, and cayenne in a bowl. Add the toasted cashews while they are still hot and toss with a rubber spatula so they are thoroughly coated with the spices and butter. Leave the oven on to cook the bacon.
- Put the bacon on a baking sheet, place it in the oven, and cook until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the bacon from the pan and cut the slices into 1-inch pieces. Keep the bacon warm.
- In a large bowl, combine the spinach, frisee, red onions, and sliced pears. Toss with enough vinaigrette to coat everything well.
- Divide the salad among 6 plates. Garnish each salad with pieces of warm bacon and spiced cashews. Set a grape cluster on the side of each salad.
- The bacon can be cooked ahead, stored in the refrigerator, and reheated. The cashews can be cooked early in the day and stored at room temperature. The vinaigrette can be stored refrigerated, tightly covered, for several days.
SPINACH AND PEAR SALAD WITH POMEGRANATE DRESSING
If you've never cut open a pomegranate, you might be in for a messy surprise. The best way to get the seeds out with out staining your clothes and counter is to cut the fruit in half, and then submerge it in a bowl of water. Then you can use your fingers to remove the white pith, releasing the juicy seeds. Once you've freed all the pomegranate seeds, pour the contents of the bowl into a colander and transfer the seeds to a paper towel to dry. If you don't have white balsamic vinegar, you can use the regular kind. -- from the book Feed the Belly.
Provided by Peachie Keene
Categories Salad Dressings
Time 10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- whisk together the garlic, oil, vinegar, pomegranate juice, honey, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Place the spinach in a large serving bowl, Add the pear slices and walnuts and toss gently.
- Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss again.
- Divide the salad among 4 serving bowls. Sprinkle the pomegranate seeds and Parmesan evenly over each serving.
SPINACH AND PEAR SALAD
From Cooking Light (October 2001). I love pears, and they are wonderful in salads. Some feta and/or some nuts (pecans, walnuts) would also be good in this.
Provided by Vino Girl
Categories Spinach
Time 15m
Yield 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine first 6 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- Place the pear slices in a large bowl.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon dressing over pears; toss to coat.
- Add the remaining dressing, spinach, and onion; toss to coat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 71.9, Fat 3, SaturatedFat 0.4, Sodium 61.3, Carbohydrate 11.4, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 7.3, Protein 1.7
ETTA'S CRAB CAKES (TOM DOUGLAS)
Living in Seattle, and having eaten these at Etta's, I can attest that Etta's Crab Cakes are superb. They are included in "I Love Crab Cakes: 50 Recipes for an American Classic" by Tom Douglas with Shelley Lance and have been "rereleased" (so to speak) on numerous other websites. One hour of the estimated preparation time is chilling time. Timing is based on buying (admittedly pricey)Dungeness crab meat. If buying cooked crabs and planning to extract crab meat yourself, add at least an hour.
Provided by BarbryT
Categories Crab
Time 1h30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a small food processor, combine egg yolk, vinegar, mustard, bell pepper, onion, parsley, Tabasco, paprika, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Pulse to mince the vegetables and combine the ingredients.
- With motor running, slowly add oil through the feed tube until the mixture emulsifies and forms a thin mayonnaise.
- Transfer mayonnaise mixture to a large bowl and stir in sour cream, then carefully fold in crabmeat.
- Gently form into 8 crabcakes, about 3 inches across and ¾-inch thick.
- Put the fresh bread crumbs in a shallow container and stir in parsley.
- Lightly dredge the crab cakes on both sides in the bread crumbs.
- Chill for at least 1 hour (preferably longer).
- Put 2 large nonstick skillets over medium heat and add about 2 tablespoons butter to each pan. When butter is melted, add 4 cakes to each pan.
- Gently fry until golden brown on both sides and hot through, turning once with a spatula, about 4 minutes on each side.
- Depending on appetites, suggest service of two crab cakes per serving, with lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 794.3, Fat 36, SaturatedFat 12.7, Cholesterol 151, Sodium 1301.8, Carbohydrate 80.3, Fiber 5.3, Sugar 7.5, Protein 35.6
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