Prep time: 25 min.
Cook time:60 min.
Serves: 4 people
Ingredients:
2 radicchios
3 bosc pears
greyer cheese
microgreens(rainbow mix)
1/3c. whole pecans
1 medium fennel bulb
salt and pepper to taste
1/4c. brown sugar
3 tbsp. of butter
real maple syrup
Directions:
preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
cut 3 pears into halves and 1 small fennel bulb into quarters
add the pears & fennel bulb quarters to a sheet pan with some olive oil drizzled over top with a pinch pf salt and pepper
pop into the hot oven for 45 minutes until caramelized and tender
while your veggies are roasting...
candied pecans
take a small saucepan on low heat and 3 tbsp. of butter
add 3 tbsp. maple syrup and 1/4c. of brown sugar to the pan and stir until the mixture starts to bubble and caramelize .
add the pecans to the mixture and stir them around until they are covered in the brown sugar mixture.
pour them onto wax paper and place into the fridge to cool down.
plating it!
cut the radicchio in half
blanch them for less than a minute, then put into a ice water bath to stop the cooking process.
I am just looking to freshen up the color
take the 3 bottom leaves of the radicchio and make them into a bowl on your salad plates.
take your caramelized pears and do 3-4 thin slices and lay them onto the radicchio bowls
add 1 fennel quarter to each bowl
top with your favorite micro greens, I happen to like the rainbow mix.
top with a few nice chunks of the greyer cheese
candied pecans
I am very sure that a nice tangy blue cheese or goat cheese would be great on this warm salad.(they happen to be some of my favorite cheeses).
I also like the taste of the vegan feta, its very creamy and light. I did decide to go with some soft gorgonzola cheese crumbles. With any of the cheeses I mentioned they would all be delicious!
You could top with a really beautiful blue or gorgonzola cheese dressing as well, I thought a light drizzle of maple syrup would be great with this.
enjoy!
I will post a link to my blue cheese dressing below.
The dishes and the kitchen towels that I used today were from #WorldMarket, one of my favorite places to shop for my blog!!
here are the links below:
These fresh veggies I found at our local #Wholefoods. This store has such bright color and bright fresh beautiful veggies!! One of my favorite places to go!
Comments