**Endive and Pear Salad: A Refreshing and Elegant Appetizer**
When it comes to appetizers that are both elegant and refreshing, endive and pear salad stands out as a true culinary delight. This classic dish features crisp endive leaves, sweet and juicy pears, and a tangy dressing that brings all the flavors together. With variations ranging from simple to gourmet, the endive and pear salad offers a versatile canvas for culinary creativity. From the classic combination of walnuts and blue cheese to the sophisticated addition of roasted butternut squash and pomegranate seeds, each recipe in this article presents a unique take on this timeless salad. Whether you're seeking a light and healthy lunch option or an impressive starter for your next dinner party, these endive and pear salad recipes are sure to tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more.
ENDIVE, PEAR, AND ROQUEFORT SALAD
Provided by Ina Garten
Time 15m
Yield 3 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Trim off the core end of each head of endive and slice it in half lengthwise. Cut out the cores, separate the leaves, and place 1 1/2 to 2 heads of endive on each plate.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the vinegar, mustard, egg yolk, salt, and pepper. Slowly whisk in the olive oil to make an emulsion. Toss the pears with some vinaigrette and place on the endive. Drizzle the remaining vinaigrette over the endive leaves to moisten them. Crumble the Roquefort onto the endive. Sprinkle with walnuts and serve at room temperature.
ENDIVE AND PEAR SALAD
Provided by Susannah Locketti
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Clean the endive with a dry paper towel and slice off the bottom to separate the leaves. Arrange the leaves around the edge of a large platter. Fill the inside with torn romaine leaves. Cut the pear into thin slices and arrange throughout the platter. Sprinkle the gorgonzola and walnuts on top and season with pepper.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine the jam and balsamic vinegar and heat for several seconds until warm. Stir with a small whisk. Drizzle the dressing over the salad.
- From Food Network Star: The Official Insider's Guide to America's Hottest Food Show By Ian Jackman. Copyright (c) 2011 By Food Network. By arrangement with William Morris Cookbooks/HarperCollins Publishers.
ENDIVE AND RADICCHIO SALAD WITH CARAMELIZED PEAR
This recipe came to The Times from Bruno Davaillon, the executive chef of the celebrated Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek restaurant in Dallas. It is an elegant twist on the ubiquitous blue cheese-pear salad combination. Grilling the radicchio removes the bitterness from the leafy green, helping it to better complement the pears and endive.
Provided by Tara Parker-Pope
Categories salads and dressings
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Peel the pears, cut them in half and trim to remove the seeds. Reserve one uncooked pear to finish the salad, and roast the remaining two. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the two pears cut side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Drizzle pears with olive oil, honey and allspice and top with a small pat of butter. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes. Set aside.
- Make the blue cheese fritters. Combine cheese and butter in a mixing bowl until soft and fully incorporated. Add Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Form into small balls and refrigerate for 15 minutes, or until firm. Once firm, roll the balls between your palms to obtain a perfectly round shape. Dredge balls in flour, then beaten egg, then bread crumbs. The uncooked fritters can be reserved in the refrigerator until ready to fry. To fry, heat enough oil to cover the fritters in a fryer to 375 degrees. Add fritters to the pan and fry until golden brown.
- Make the walnut dressing. Toast walnuts in sauté pan for five minutes. Allow to cool, then chop. In a separate bowl, combine honey and ice wine vinegar and mix well. Add minced shallot and walnut oil. Mix with chopped walnuts and salt and pepper to taste.
- Make the salad. Cut radicchio in half and drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Cook on hot grill for a couple of minutes on each side. Slice washed and dried endive into long strips.
- To assemble the salad, lay roasted radicchio on large plate. Season endive with walnut dressing and arrange around the radicchio. Top with roasted pear and freshly fried fritters. Finish with raw pear shavings.
ENDIVE, PEAR AND ROQUEFORT SALAD
This is a wonderful recipe by Ina Garten / The Barefoot Contessa. It is from her book "Barefoot in Paris". We paid $9.95 each for a lesser endive salad a few nights ago, so I vowed to find one to make at home and boy, did we love this!! I couldn't wait to share, and hope you like it! (Please note: this recipe has one raw egg yolk...)
Provided by Pianolady
Categories Pears
Time 15m
Yield 3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Trim off the core end of each head of endive and slice it in half lengthwise.
- Cut out the cores, separate the leaves, and place 1 1/2 to 2 heads of endive on each plate.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the vinegar, mustard, egg yolk, salt and pepper.
- Slowly whisk in the olive oil to make an emulsion.
- Toss the pears with some vinaigrette and place on the endive.
- Drizzle the remaining vinaigrette over the endive leaves to moisten them.
- Crumble the Roquefort onto the endive.
- Sprinkle with walnuts and serve at room temperature.
- Enjoy!
ENDIVE, PEAR, AND STILTON SALAD
Categories Cheese Dairy Fruit Leafy Green Vegetable Appetizer Brunch Roast Picnic Vegetarian Lunch Blue Cheese Pear Fall Endive Gourmet Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Make dressing:
- Chop shallot and crush star anise. In a blender blend shallot, oil, orange juice, and Port until emulsified. Transfer mixture to a small bowl or jar and add star anise and salt and pepper to taste. Chill dressing, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 1 day. Pour dressing through a sieve into a bowl and discard solids. Whisk dressing until combined well.
- Make salad:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Halve and core pears. Cut pears lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices and arrange in one layer on baking sheet. Roast pears in middle of oven until pale golden, about 10 minutes, and cool on baking sheet.
- Separate endive leaves, and, if desired, cut leaves crosswise into 1 1/2-inch-thick pieces.
- On a platter or 4 salad plates arrange pears, endive leaves, and Stilton and drizzle dressing on top. Garnish salad with parsley or chervil.
PEAR, ENDIVE AND WATERCRESS SALAD
Categories Salad Vegetarian Goat Cheese Pear Winter Endive Bon Appétit
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Slice goat cheese into 6 equal portions; form each into ball. Flatten cheese balls into 2-inch-diameter rounds. Place breadcrumbs in shallow dish. Coat cheese rounds completely with breadcrumbs. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
- Mix vinegar, garlic clove, shallot and Dijon mustard in blender. With machine running, gradually add walnut oil. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. Set dressing aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add cheese rounds to skillet and sauté until golden, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer cheese rounds to paper towels; let drain completely.
- Toss pears, endive and watercress in large bowl with enough dressing to coat. Divide salad among 6 plates. Sprinkle walnuts over salads. Place 1 goat cheese round in center of each salad and serve.
BELGIAN ENDIVE, BABY ARUGULA, AND ASIAN PEAR SALAD
Steps:
- Cut Belgian endive into 1/4"-wide sections. Discard stem. Remove any thick stems from arugula if necessary. Peel the Asian pear (Optional. I leave the skin on.) and dice into 1/4-1/2" chunks. Transfer lettuce and pear into bowl. Add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and black pepper. Toss gently.
ENDIVE AND PEAR SALAD WITH GORGONZOLA CREAM DRESSING
Make and share this Endive and Pear Salad With Gorgonzola Cream Dressing recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Oolala
Categories Salad Dressings
Time 13m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Whisk 3 tablespoons vinegar, oil and honey in a large bowl to blend.
- Add endive and pear and toss to coat.
- Blend sour cream, yogurt and remaining1 tablespoons of cider vinegar in medium bowl; mix in cheese.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Mound salad on plater and top with dressing, then nuts and chives.
PEAR, ARUGULA AND ENDIVE SALAD WITH CANDIED WALNUTS
Steps:
- Whisk first 4 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Add walnut oil and extra-virgin olive oil; whisk until well blended. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour and rewhisk before continuing.)
- Toss arugula in large bowl with enough dressing to coat. Divide arugula among 10 plates. Arrange endive leaves and pear slices atop arugula on each. Drizzle with more dressing. Sprinkle with Candied Walnuts and serve.
CABRALES CHEESE SOUFFLES WITH ENDIVE AND ASIAN PEAR SALAD
Provided by Todd Davies
Categories Milk/Cream Mixer Cheese Egg Appetizer Brunch Bake Quick & Easy Blue Cheese Winter Asian Pear Endive Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter six 3/4-cup soufflé dishes or custard cups. Dust with flour; shake out excess. Place dishes in roasting pan. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add 1/4 cup flour; whisk 1 minute. Gradually add milk and whisk until mixture is thick and smooth, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add cheese and whisk until melted and smooth. Whisk in egg yolks, pepper, and kosher salt. Cool soufflé base 15 minutes.
- Using electric mixer, beat egg whites in medium bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold whites into soufflé base in 2 additions (mixture will be runny). Divide soufflé among prepared dishes. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of dishes. Bake until soufflés are slightly puffed and golden on top, about 35 minutes (soufflés may not rise above rim of dishes). (Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Remove soufflés from water bath; let stand at room temperature. Place soufflé dishes on baking sheet and rewarm in 350°F oven 10 minutes.)
- Divide Endive and Asian Pear Salad among 6 plates. Place 1 soufflé dish alongside salad on each plate and serve.
ENDIVE AND GRAPE SALAD WITH PEAR VINAIGRETTE
Provided by Chuck Hughes
Time 1h20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the pear vinaigrette: Heat the pear juice on stovetop over medium heat to reduce to 1/4 of its original amount, for 40 minutes, until caramelized. Set aside and let cool.
- In a bowl, mix the reduced pear juice, cider vinegar, maple syrup, and Dijon mustard. Slowly add the canola oil whisking constantly. Season the vinaigrette with salt, and pepper, to taste. Add a little more pear juice or water if the vinaigrette is too thick. Set aside.
- For the salad:
- In a pan, add the olive oil and toast the pine nuts on medium-high heat. Keep an eye on them because they tend to burn fast.
- Place the endives and grapes in a bowl, add the vinaigrette and mix well. Transfer the salad mixture in the serving bowls and garnish with pears, pine nuts and cheese.
Tips:
- Choose ripe and firm pears for the best flavor and texture.
- Use a sharp knife to slice the pears and endive to prevent them from bruising.
- If you don't have endive, you can use other bitter greens like radicchio or arugula.
- To make the dressing, whisk all of the ingredients together until smooth.
- Toss the salad just before serving to prevent the dressing from wilting the greens.
- Garnish the salad with crumbled blue cheese, chopped walnuts, or dried cranberries for extra flavor and texture.
Conclusion:
This endive and pear salad is a delicious and refreshing dish that is perfect for a light lunch or dinner. The combination of sweet pears, bitter endive, and tangy dressing is sure to please everyone at your table. With its simple ingredients and easy preparation, this salad is a great option for busy weeknights or special occasions alike.
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