Pear, Date, and Manchego Salad

By nanarose

David Joachim, Cooking Light

NOVEMBER 2012

Ingredients

• 1 cup gourmet salad greens
• 2 ripe Bosc pears
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 6 pitted dates, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoons sherry vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 ounce shaved Manchego cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Arrange salad greens on each of 4 plates. Finely chop pears; toss with lemon juice. Divide pear, chopped dates, and chopped walnuts evenly among salads. Combine olive oil, vinegar, salt, and black pepper, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle evenly over salads. Top each salad with 1/4 ounce shaved Manchego cheese.