Blue Cheese And Pear Salad

• 2 fresh pears, peeled
• 2 ounces maytag blue cheese, crumbled
• 1/2 cup walnut halves (toasted)
• baby green lettuce (to serve as a bed for the rest of the salad)
• Dressing
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 dash Tabasco sauce

1. Cover each salad plate with a modest bed of baby green lettuce.
2. Slice and core a half pear for each plate.
3. Thinly slice pears from bottom to just before the very end and then fan out the slices over the lettuce.
4. Top with toasted walnuts and a generous serving of crumbled blue cheese.
5. Whisk dressing ingredients and spoon over the salad mixture.

fresh pears, cheese, walnut halves, baby green lettuce, dressing, oil, raspberry vinegar, sugar, salt, fresh ground pepper, tabasco sauce

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/blue-cheese-and-pear-salad-5079 (may not work)