Made this for a family holiday gathering and everyone loved it! Some simple changes made: decreased sugar from 3/4 to 1/2 cup and used sliced almonds in place of walnuts. Only needed to use 50% of the dressing. Will make often! Thanks so much for this delicious recipe!
this was a hit! I made it last night when we had guests over and they all couldn't stop telling me how great the taste was! I used feta cheese instead of bleu cheese since I didn't have any and it was still delish! I was making it for 5 people and changed: one head of lettuce no red onion one pear toasted pecans (handful) about 3 ounces of feta. and for the dressing: 3 tbsp. distilled white vinegar 1 tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. ketchup 4 tbsp. olive oil. still tasted great!!!
Delicious. My housemate first wondered about the addition of ketchup but then everybody kept on wondering what the lovely dressing was made of... Ketchup came as an enjoyable surprise to everyone!
Phenomenal recipe - received rave reviews for this one! I substituted Balsamic Vinegar for White Vinegar and Carmelized Pecans (just melt 1c sugar in pan and toss in pecan halves) for Walnuts.
Wow this blew me away. I was planning on making a pear - bluecheese - walnut salad but i wasn't sure what dressing to use on it. I tried this and loved it. Unfortunately it takes a disgusting amount of sugar.
This was yummy! I didn't have fresh pears so subbed some canned sliced pears & I subbed white wine vinegar for the distilled white. I also used chopped pecans instead of walnuts...next time I will not chop the pecans as small, I think it needs some bigger chunks. I used gorgonzola cheese & loved the flavor it added & I topped the salad w/ some leftover grilled chicken. This did make wayy to much dressing for the salad put it is a good dressing that can be used for many other salads...it was kinda reminiscent of French dressing but lighter. Served the salad w/ gewurztraminer (a white wine that pairs really well w/ both chicken & pears) & some club crackers & it was a very nice, Spring meal that was super easy.
From Lara Mashburn: After making this so many times I agree too much dressing. I use half the dressing and rather than tossing it to coat the salad I let my family drizzle it over the salad. That way you can save the salad for leftovers (even though the pears get a bit soggy) the next day.
I definately agree that the dressing should be halved waaaaay too much. I made this salad for our Canadian Thanksgiving and everyone went crazy for it!! I changed it to 8 servings and no one could get enough! Goes great with Turkey!
Really yummy. Next time I will use more blue cheese. Also this makes enough dressing for two salads.
