How To Make Pear Bacon and Brussels Sprout Salad
This salad recipe is all about protein. We are using Brussel sprouts and bacon topped with a delicious vinaigrette flavored by mustard and lemon juice.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6ozbaconchopped
- 14ozbrussels sproutsbottoms trimmed, shredded
- ½ cupfresh parsleysliced
- 1cuppecanstoasted and roughly chopped
- 2bartlett pearscored and diced small
- ½ cupgorgonzola cheese
- 2tbspshallotminced
Dressing
- 3tbspolive oil
- 2tbspbacon drippingsrendered
- 2 ½ tbsplemon juicefresh
- 1tspdijon mustard
- 1tbspmaple syrup
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
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Cook bacon in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until browned and just crisp, about 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer bacon to plate lined with paper towels to drain and reserve rendered bacon drippings for dressing.
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In a large bowl toss together brussels sprouts, cooked bacon, parsley, pecans, pears, gorgonzola, and shallots. Toss with dressing and serve.
For the dressing:
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Whisk together all dressing ingredients in a mixing bowl or shake together well in a jar. Stir or shake again just before pouring onto the salad.
Nutrition
- Calories: 856.26kcal
- Fat: 69.23g
- Saturated Fat: 31.53g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 26.62g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.92g
- Carbohydrates: 25.76g
- Fiber: 7.56g
- Sugar: 10.49g
- Protein: 37.39g
- Cholesterol: 121.20mg
- Sodium: 1766.31mg
- Calcium: 844.96mg
- Potassium: 1095.00mg
- Iron: 5.69mg
- Vitamin A: 545.85µg
- Vitamin C: 132.42mg
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