How To Make Pickled Asian Pear Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing
A medley of tart, tangy, and peppery flavors makes up this Asian pear salad! Enjoy bites of crisp lettuce, watercress, and blue cheese, all in one plate.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3cupswater
- ¼cupsugar
- 2tbspkosher salt
- 1tspfennel seeds
- 1lemon
- 3large asian pears
- ¼cupcreme fraiche,or sour cream
- ¼cuplemon juice,fresh
- 1medium shallot
- ½tsplemon zest,finely grated
- ½cupextra virgin olive oil
- salt and cayenne pepper
- 4small frisee lettuce heads,(2 lbs)
- 4watercress,(2 lbs)
- 1red onion
- 1½cupsblue cheese,(6 oz), crumbled
Instructions
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In a medium bowl, combine the water, sugar, kosher salt and fennel seeds; stir to dissolve the sugar and salt.
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Squeeze the lemon halves over the water and drop them in the bowl. Add the Asian pears and stir to separate the slices.
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Cover the pears with a plate to keep them submerged and refrigerate overnight or for up to 2 days.
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In a very large bowl, whisk the crème fraîche with the lemon juice, shallot and lemon zest. Gradually whisk in the olive oil and season with salt and cayenne.
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Drain the pears in a colander. Add the pears, frisée, watercress and red onion to the dressing, season with salt and cayenne and toss.
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Sprinkle the blue cheese over the salad and serve. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 218.67kcal
- Fat: 15.07g
- Saturated Fat: 4.98g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.19g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.26g
- Carbohydrates: 17.81g
- Fiber: 3.11g
- Sugar: 11.65g
- Protein: 5.75g
- Cholesterol: 15.08mg
- Sodium: 615.57mg
- Calcium: 168.49mg
- Potassium: 402.82mg
- Iron: 1.11mg
- Vitamin A: 185.79µg
- Vitamin C: 24.70mg
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