Name: Roasted pear and baby spinach salad
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 medium pears (920g), peeled, cored, thickly sliced; 2 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoon brown sugar; 100 gram baby spinach leaves; 50 gram baby rocket leaves; 1/4 cup (20g) flaked parmesan cheese; 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh chives; Balsamic mustard dressing; 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar; 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard; 1 teaspoon olive oil

Roasted pear and baby spinach salad

Roasted pears are soft, sweet and somehow autumnal in flavour, they're also complemented beautifully by the balsamic and mustard dressing on this pear and baby spinach salad.

*The Ultimate Low-fat* cookbook, ACP Books

Ingredients

4 medium pears (920g), peeled, cored, thickly sliced

2 tablespoon lemon juice

2 tablespoon brown sugar

100 gram baby spinach leaves

50 gram baby rocket leaves

1/4 cup (20g) flaked parmesan cheese

1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh chives

Balsamic mustard dressing

2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard

1 teaspoon olive oil

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Line oven tray with baking paper.

2.Combine pears, juice and sugar in large bowl. Place pears, in single layer, on oven tray; roast, uncovered, about 30 minutes, brushing with juices occasionally, or until tender. Cool 20 minutes.

3.To make dressing, combine all ingredients in screw-top jar and shake well.

4.Combine pears and dressing in large bowl with spinach, rocket, cheese and chives.

Women's Weekly Food

Trusted by home cooks for 90 years, The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Test Kitchen and cookbooks hold a singular place in shaping home cooking within the Australian culinary landscape. Today, the AWW Test Kitchen in Sydney is a thriving hub for food content, connected to two bustling photographic studios where a talented team of Australia’s best recipe developers, art directors, editors and photographers create our world class food content. Our recipes are thoroughly tested and tasted and given the Test Kitchen tick of approval, guaranteeing you’ll get great results in your home kitchen.

Instagram Facebook

Ingredients

Method

About your privacy