Spicy San Juan Pear And Duck Ham Salad

• 6 pears San Juan
• Equal
• sugar
• pears
• juniper small balls of
• 2 cardamom seeds
• 1 lime sheet, sold dried
• 2 sheets phyllo pastry
• 5 9/16 cups mesclun salad
• sherry vinegar
• salt
• extra-virgin olive oil
• 6 slices duck ham
• pine nuts

1. In a saucepan, heat water and sugar with juniper, cardamom, and lime.
2. While mixture comes to boil, peel pears and add to pan.
3. Cook for 20 minutes.
4. Then let cool in the syrup and let stand overnight.
5. Preheat oven to 180u0b0C (approximately 350u0b0F).
6. To make the phyllo cup, cut 2 sheets of pastry into 6 pieces each.
7. Brush each piece with a little oil to prevent them from drying out.
8. Using a muffin pan, place two pieces of phyllo dough in each well with the edges pointing up.
9. Bake in preheated oven until pastry begins to brown.
10. Remove from oven, cool on rack so they stay crisp.
11. In a small bowl, whisk together salt, sherry vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil.
12. Just before serving, season each phyllo cup with a small amount of sherry vinegar mixture.
13. Arrange mesclun, pear and a slice of duck ham in each cup.
14. Sprinkle with pine nuts.

equal, sugar, cardamom seeds, lime sheet, pastry, mesclun salad, sherry vinegar, salt, extravirgin olive oil, duck ham, nuts

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Spicy-San-Juan-Pear-and-Duck-Ham-Salad-2049622 (may not work)