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Spiced Poached Pears and Goats Cheese Salad
This Spiced Poached Pears and Goats Cheese Salad is stunning in every way! Delicious and beautiful, it can be prepared ahead of time making it perfect for entertaining.
Prep Time
5
minutes
mins
Cook Time
20
minutes
mins
Total Time
15
minutes
mins
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Modern Australian
Servings:
4
Calories:
572
kcal
Author:
Claire | Sprinkle and Sprouts
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Ingredients
2
cups
red wine
½
cup
granulated sugar
1
cinnamon quill
2
star anise
3
cardamon pods
1
lemon
4
firm pears
⅓
cup
chopped walnuts
¼
cup
olive oil
2
cups
watercress
1
cup
baby spinach
2
goats cheese logs
(9oz/240g total weight)
Instructions
Pour the red wine into a sauce pan, add the sugar, cinnamon, star anise,carsamon pods and a strip of the lemon peel.
Stir it slowly over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
Peel the pears, cut them in half and use a teaspoon to remove the core.
Poach them in the wine for 10 minutes or until just tender.
Remove the pan from the heat and leave the pears to cool in the poaching liquid.
Mix the olive oil and the juice from the lemon together. Add a tablespoon of the pouching liquid and then seasoning the dressing with salt and pepper.
Use about half of the dressing to coat the watercress and spinach and arrange it on 4 plates.
Top each plate with two pear halves.
Crumble over the goats cheese.
Sprinkle with the chopped walnuts and serve with the remaining dressing.
Notes
Nutritional information is based on not all of the wine being used in the final dish.
Nutrition
Calories:
572
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
47
g
|
Protein:
15
g
|
Fat:
33
g
|
Saturated Fat:
11
g
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