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I LOVE LOVE LOVE fuity salads. And I usually make them up as I go. This one is inspired by a parmesan and pear salad I had in a gorgeous restaurant in Florence Italy overlooking the Ponte Vecchio.

It’s on a bed of romaine lettuce and red cabbage and it is jam packed with apples, pears, and chewy orange rind. And the crunchy walnuts and sharp cheese just complete it. Bravo!!

This salad is literally going to be on repeat in my kitchen. You have to try it.

Feel free to add or subtract based on what you have in your pantry and what is in season. After all, we are all master chefs and I know I am doing my job if you change, tweak and experiment with my recipes.

To your continued health
xxx Chef MM

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Parmesan & Pear Salad

  • Author: Melissa Mayo

Ingredients

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FOR THE SALAD

  • 3 heads/2 packs of Romaine lettuce
  • ½ red cabbage shredded into thin strips
  • 1 red apple – cored and cut into chunks
  • 2 hard green pears – cored and cut into half moons
  • 1 cup of walnuts
  • ½ cup of dried orange rind
  • 1 cup of parmesan shavings
  • 3 TBS poppy seeds

FOR THE DRESSING

  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1 TBS mustard powder
  • 2 TBS of honey
  • Lots of Coarse Salt and Black Pepper to taste

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients for the salad dressing together and set aside.

Cut the romaine lettuce into bite-size pieces. Add it to a bowl and top with the shredded red cabbage.

Sprinkle on the sliced pears and red apple chunks. Scatter the salad with walnuts and orange rind. Garnish with Parmesan shavings and poppy seeds.

Dress the salad just before serving.

SERVES 6

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