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Arugula Salad With Pear, Blue Cheese, Apricot Vinaigrette

Look for 5- or 6-ounce sacks of washed and trimmed arugula leaves, available in some markets.

Courses: Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2   Arugula - washed, dried, Stems trimmed
1   Bibb lettuce - torn
1   Ripe pear - thinly sliced
1/2   Lemon - juiced
8 oz 227gMaytag or other blue cheese - crumbled
  Dressing
2 tablespoons 30mlWhite wine vinegar
1/4 cup 59mlApricot all fruit spread = (preferred brand Polaner)
1/3 cup 78mlExtra-virgin olive oil
  Coarse salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Combine arugula leaves and bibb lettuce in a salad bowl. Squeeze a little lemon juice over pear slices to keep them from browning. Arrange them on top of lettuces. Top salad with blue cheese crumbles.

Combine vinegar and apricot preserves. Stream in oil as you whisk dressing. Pour dressing over salad, season with salt and black pepper, to taste, and serve.

Source:
"30 MINUTE MEALS with Rachael Ray - (Show # TM-1B56) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK"

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