Grilled Pear Salad, With Arugula And Goat Cheese
- Balsamic-syrup:
- 1/2 cup white balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup plain white sugar, or an alternative for sugar like cocos-blossom sugar (or just plain honey)
- The Grilled Pear Salad
- 2 tablespoons olive oil for the pears, and 2tbsp extra for the salad
- 2 teaspoons squeezed lemon
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 large hands, 1 for each bowl
- 1 large, ripe pear
- 1/4 cup (small hand) of pine nuts
- For the balsamic-syrup, pour 1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar and 1/4 cup of sugar in a small sauce pan.
- Bring to cook, and lower the heat. Let it thicken.
- In the meantime, peel the pear a bit on both sides.
- Cut it in firm slices
- Cut out the core with a sharp little knife.
- Whisk together 2 tbsp of olive oil, 2 tsp of lemon juice and one tsp of sugar
- Brush the parts with the oil-lemon sauce
- Grill the slices in a grill pan, until they get nice and soft and beautifully tanned with brown stripes. Turn them around carefully.
- Roast the pine nuts without oil. Be careful not to burn them!
- Mix the arugula with the 2 tbsp of olive oil and some freshly ground pepper and divide between the two plates.
- Divide the grilled pear on the plates, crumble some goat cheese on top, along with the roasted pine nuts.
- Last, but not least; sprinkle your well thickened syrup over you salad! Voila!
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/24744-grilled-pear-salad-with-arugula-and-goat-cheese (may not work)