pear and pomegranate salad
categories:  Salad | Vegetarian   

Prepared: 2005-12-29

Ingredients:

• 2 Asian or Bartlett pears
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 cups torn leaf or Boston lettuce
• 3 cups frisee lettuce
• 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
  
  Warm Vinaigrette:
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp pomegranate juice
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp grainy mustard
• 2 tsp liquid honey
• 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper

Preparation:

• Core pears an thinly slice; toss with lemon juice.
• Divide among 4 plates, arranging in overlapping circles.
  (Make ahead: Cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours)
• Warm Vinaigrette: Meanwhile, in small saucepan, whisk together oil, pomegranate juice, lemon juice, mustard, honey, salt and pepper; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, whisking, until thickness of maple syrup, about 2 minutes.
• Drizzle over pears on each plate.
• In large bowl, toss leaf and fresee lettuces with remaining viaigrette to coat; mound attractively on pears.
• Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.

Note: I couldn't find frisee lettuce at any of the stores around our place... you'd have to go to a good produce store like Produce Depot. I also ended up not having enough pears so I used some golden delicious apples also. For the pomegranate juice I just squeezed the rest of the seeds of the pomegranate myself instead of buying juice (although be careful... pomegranate stains quite badly!)

makes 4 servings @ 216 calories per serving

reviews:

	Despite the frustration of trying to find the ingredients, this was really delicious and we'd make it again!
	Reviewed on 2008-02-28 by rubby