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Warm Goat’s Cheese Salad with Pears and Walnuts

4 from 2 reviews

A salad surrounded by slices of delicious warm goat’s cheese, wrapped in pancetta or Serrano ham, and served with sliced pears and chopped walnuts.

Ingredients

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  • Salad Greens (mixture of lettuce, endive, baby spinach, beet root greens, etc)
  • St Maure Goat’s Cheese
  • Thin baguette slices
  • Pancetta or Serrano Jamon, finely sliced
  • Vinaigrette
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 6 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
  • 1 tsp honey
  • Salt/pepper to taste
  • Garnish
  • Chopped walnuts
  • Thin pear slices

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 200 C (broiler function).
  2. Combine salad greens in a large bowl – enough to serve 2 – 3 people.
  3. Make the vinaigrette- mix olive oil, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey and salt and pepper. Add the vinaigrette to the greens.
  4. Slice thin pieces of the baguette, brush with olive oil and sprinkle with a little oregano. Place a thin piece of St Maure goat’s cheese on each piece of baguette. Wrap a thin piece of either pancetta or Serrano ham around each baguette and brush with some more olive oil. Toast under the oven broiler for 4 minutes maximum until cheese melts.
  5. Serve salad in middle of plate and arrange 4 -5 baguette pieces around the salad. Sprinkle some chopped walnuts around the salad and top with some pear slices.