Name: Pear Spinach Salad with Vinaigrette Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: For Vinaigrette:; ½ cup olive oil; ⅓ cup fresh cranberries; 1 tsp orange zest; 2 tbsp orange juice; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp granulated sugar; 2 tsp dijon mustard; ½ tsp salt; For Salad:; 5 oz baby spinach; 2 Bartlett pears; ¾ cup pomegranate arils; ¾ cup pecans; ⅓ cup goat cheese

pear spinach salad with cranberry orange vinaigrette recipe

How To Make Pear Spinach Salad with Vinaigrette

Serve a delicious Pear Spinach Salad with Cranberry-Orange Vinaigrette in this recipe! Make holidays better with this salad’s tart and tangy flavors.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking:

Total: 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Vinaigrette:

½cupolive oil
⅓cupfresh cranberries
1tsporange zestdivided
2tbsporange juicefresh
1tbsphoney
1tbspgranulated sugar
2tspDijon mustard
½tspsalt

For Salad:

5ozbaby spinach
2bartlett pearssemi-firm but ripe, cored and sliced
¾cuppomegranate arilsor ½ cup dried cranberries
¾cuppecanschopped
⅓cupgoat cheesecrumbled (optional)

Instructions

Vinaigrette:

Add all of the vinaigrette ingredients to a food processor, starting with 1/2 teaspoon of orange zest, adding more to taste as you go.
Pulse until the cranberries have been pureed into the dressing.
Transfer to a jar, then cover and chill until ready to use.