Warm pear, spinach and blue cheese salad

Try our fantastic warm pear, spinach and blue cheese salad recipe this Autumn with in season pears.

Recipe «Warm pear, spinach and blue cheese salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 100g prosciutto, 150g Coles brand baby spinach leaves, 100g soft blue cheese, chopped, 1 tbsp chopped walnuts, 50g butter , 2 packham or william pears, cored, cut into wedges, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract .

Ingredients:

• 100g prosciutto 
• 150g Coles brand baby spinach leaves 
• 100g soft blue cheese, chopped 
• 1 tbsp chopped walnuts 
• 50g butter 
• 2 packham or william pears, cored, cut into wedges 
• 2 tbsp brown sugar 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C or 160C fan-forced. Line a baking pan with baking paper. Lay prosciutto on prepared tray. Bake for 5 mins, or until crisp.
2. Meanwhile, caramelise pears. Melt butter in a frying pan on medium heat. Cook pears for 4-5 mins, swirling pan, or until tender and golden. Add sugar and vanilla and cook for another 2-3 mins, or until caramelised.
3. Place spinach on a platter. Break up prosciutto and scatter over spinach. Top with caramelised pears, blue cheese and walnuts. Drizzle over pan juices from pears. Gently toss to combine.