Roasted Pear Salad

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Ready In: 0 Minutes

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

1/3 cup(s) brown sugar

1/4 cup(s) chopped pecans

4 ounce(s) blue cheese

1/4 cup(s) dried cherries

3 whole(s) firm pears

2 tablespoon(s) fresh lemon

8 ounce(s) butter lettuce

1 cup(s) divided marzetti light balsamic vinaigrette dressing

marzetti chunky blue cheese dressing to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. DRESSING: Mix 3/4 cup Marzetti Light Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing and sugar in a sauce pan. Cook over low heat just until the sugar has dissolved. Set aside.
3. STUFFING: Place pecans in a skillet; toast over medium heat (watch carefully they burn easily). Set aside. Mix cherries with toasted pecans and blue cheese. Set aside.
4. PEARS: Slice pears in half lengthwise, remove cores from pears to create a hole for filling. Place pears-hole side up-in a baking dish and sprinkle with lemon juice. Spoon filling into center of pears. Sprinkle Marzetti Light Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing mixture over pears. Bake uncovered until tender (about 30 minutes) basting 3 or 4 times during baking time. To assemble; clean and tear lettuce in bite size pieces and toss with remaining 1/4 cups of Marzetti Light Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing. Arrange lettuce on salad plates; place a pear in center of each plate, spoon pan drippings over top of each pear. Drizzle desired amount of Marzetti Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing over each salad.

By RecipeOfHealth.com