Pear Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Name: Pear Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing | KitchenAid US
Prep time: 0
Cook time: 0
Total time: 0
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Additional blue cheese for topping; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled; 1 clove roasted garlic, mashed; 4 tablespoons buttermilk; 1 1/2 teaspoons white wine vinegar; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1⁄3 cup pumpkin seeds, roasted and salted; 4 cups mixed watercress, frisee and curly endive; 2 d’anjou pears

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Ingredients

Additional blue cheese for topping

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled

1 clove roasted garlic, mashed

4 tablespoons buttermilk

1 1/2 teaspoons white wine vinegar

1/2 cup sour cream

1⁄3 cup pumpkin seeds, roasted and salted

4 cups mixed watercress, frisee and curly endive

2 d’anjou pears

Step by step

Attach Spiralizer Attachment to your KitchenAid® Stand Mixer. Center one pear on the fruit and vegetable skewer; attach to Spiralizer. Attach spiral slice large core blade and position at end of pear. Turn stand mixer to speed 6 and process until blade reaches end of pear. Repeat with remaining pear. Stand pears on end and cut down the center to make half circles. Set aside.
Combine sour cream, white wine vinegar, buttermilk and garlic in a small mixing bowl. Gently fold in blue cheese. Season with black pepper. Refrigerate until ready to use. Can be made 1 day ahead.
Divide greens between 4 salad plates. Arrange 1/2 pear on top and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds. Drizzle with blue cheese dressing or pass separately along with additional blue cheese.