Winter Bread Salad With Fennel, Pear And Gorgonzola

• 2 cups Stale baguette, cut to 1 inch cubes
• 1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons Olive oil
• 1 Shallot, diced small
• 1 Fennel bulb with some tops reserved
• 1 Pear (I like Red Anjou for Color)
• 1/8 cup Crumbled Gorgonzola
• 1/4 cup Walnut halves
• Salt and pepper to taste

1. Mix bread cubes with the shallot, 1/2 of the vinegar and 1/2 of the oil, plus a pinch of salt and a grind of pepper. Let sit while you chop the other ingredients.
2. Chop the fennel bulb into a 1/2 inch dice and reserve a few sprigs of the fennel top for garnish. Core the pear and chop into a 1 inch dice.
3. Mix the fennel and pear in with the bread. Add the cheese and walnuts with the rest of the vinegar and olive oil and mix. Let the salad sit for at least 10 minutes.
4. Salt and pepper to taste and add fennel sprigs to garnish.

baguette, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, shallot, fennel, red, gorgonzola, walnut halves, salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/19771-winter-bread-salad-with-fennel-pear-and-gorgonzola (may not work)