50 pear salad with wine vinaigrette Recipes

yellow or red cherry tomatoes, lg. yellow tomatoes, seeded and cubed, ripe red plum tomatoes, halved, golden beets, cooked, peeled and thinly sliced, red beets, cooked, peeled and thinly sliced, baby finger carrots trimmed with 1/2 inch of the greens attached and scraped, golden frying peppers, seeded, deveined , and cut into medium julienne, red frying peppers, seeded, deveined , and cut into medium julienne, golden plums, halved,pitted, and sliced, seedless red grapes , trimmed into 4 small clusters on vine, red bartlett pears, cored and thinly sliced, peeled and sectioned, smoked salmon, thinly sliced, walnut vinaigrette, vegetable oil, walnut oil, white wine vinegar, juice of 1 lime, salt and freshly milled black pepper, toasted walnuts, safflower oil, garlic clove, walnut pieces, salt

bacon, shallot, minced, extra-virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, dijon mustard, salt and pepper, sliced endive, shredded radicchio, ripe pears, halved, cored and thinly sliced, gorgonzola, crumbled

seedless red grapes, stemmed, extra-virgin olive oil, shallots (about 4 oz), peeled, sherry wine vinegar, honey, arugula (about 16 cups), tough stems removed, ripe pears, quartered, thinly sliced

port, red wine vinegar, shallot, finely minced, salt and freshly ground black pepper, extra-virgin olive oil, loosely packed young frisee (curly endive), torn into bite-size pieces, ribbon-cut radicchio, soaked, drained, and dried, crisp red pear, halved, cored , and very thinly sliced crosswise, chunk blue cheese, frozen, candied walnuts , or other candied nuts

baking potatoes , like russets, from idaho, peeled, sliced, into 12 pieces about 1/2-inch thick, punched out with round cookie cutter, smallish purple baking potatoes from idaho, peeled, sliced, into 12 pieces about 1/2-inch thick , punched out with oval cookie cutter, tiny red new potatoes from idaho, left whole, olive oil, for light coating, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, capers, picked thyme leaves, garlic, crushed, salt and freshly cracked black pepper, vine-ripened yellow tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, fresh garlic, salt, red pear tomatoes, halved, yellow grape tomatoes, halved, mixed red and yellow currant tomatoes or small cherry tomatoes, basil chiffonade, soft fresh goat cheese, basil oil*, for garnish, basil sprigs, for garnish

pitted oil-cured olives , such as nicoise (about 36), water, garlic clove, fresh basil leaf, sherry wine vinegar, ground cumin, white beans, rinsed and drained, red pear tomatoes or 1 1/2 cups grape tomatoes or 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved, red onion, thinly sliced, arugula, trimmed and washed (about 6 oz)

olive oil, white wine vinegar, grated parmesan cheese, italian parsley, chopped, dijon mustard, head romaine lettuce , torn into bite-size pieces, head red leaf lettuce , torn into bite-size pieces, tomatoes (red and yellow together are pretty) or 2 cups red pear tomatoes, halved (red and yellow together are pretty), kalamata olive, pitted and halved

duck gizzards, carrots , cut into fine julienne, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, salt, poppy seeds, leeks , rinsed clean, virgin olive oil , plus 3 tablespoons, sugar, sweet sherry, comice pears, dijon mustard, sherry vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, mizuna , or chicory or other peppery firm greens, washed and spun dry