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Walnut & Bacon grilled pear salad with creamy gorgonzola

Walnut & Gorgonzola Salad

This delicious salad contains wonderful fatty bacon, walnuts and refreshing pears. We love how quick and easy it is to prepare (and always sneak a rasher or 2 of bacon while we cook it). We know you’ll love it too.

What you need

  • 1 cup Sally-Ann Creed® Walnuts 
  • 2 pears 
  • 6 streaks of bacon (or the whole pack if you wish) 
  • 150g gorgonzola 
  • 100g baby spinach 
  • 60g rocket

Dressing:

  • 4 tbsp Sally-Ann Creed® olive oil 
  • 1 tbsp Sally-Ann Creed® honey 
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Let's cook

  1. In a dry frying pan, toast the walnuts until desired
  2. In a salad bowl, add baby spinach and rocket. Toss to mix 
  3. Cook bacon until crispy, then take out and leave the fat/oil in the pan 
  4. Add sliced pears into the pan with the bacon fat and cook on each side until golden in colour 
  5. Chop up bacon and walnuts and sprinkle into bowl 
  6. Add grilled pear and sprinkle gorgonzola on top 
  7. Mix the olive oil, honey and balsamic vinegar and then pour over the salad
  • Serves: 4 people
  • Prep time: 5 mins
  • Cook time: 10 mins

Products used in recipe

Walnuts

250g
R194,00

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