Pear Salad with Blue Cheese and Rocket

Name: Pear Salad with Blue Cheese and Rocket
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 - 2 pears (, any type, juicy and ripe (or nashi pears or sweet apples)); 3/4 cup walnuts (, whole (sub almonds, pecans)); 120g / 4oz rocket/arugula lettuce; 120g / 4 oz roquefort, gorgonzola, stilton or other good blue cheese, (creamy but can be crumbled into chunks (Note 1)); 1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 1/2 tbsp honey; 1 1/2 tbsp cider vinegar; 1 1/2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/8 tsp black pepper

Instructions

Prep:15min

Classic combination of ingredients, cheeseboard favourites transformed in salad form with the addition of pepper rocket lettuce!Ideal to serve as a starter, light lunch or as a side for a main that's not too rich.We go light on the dressing here because the blue cheese and juice from the pears act as part of the dressing. See Note 1 for my recommende blue cheeses.

Updated at: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:59:29 GMT