Pear And Blue Cheese Salad Recipe

When you're making salad, your job is to gather the right group of ingredients together and give them a casual toss. Indeed, the very best salads ultimately transcend the sum of their parts not through process or complex technique, but rather by means of culinary magic. Pair the funky umami of anchovy and parmesan with the sweet crunch of romaine and you have the great caesar. The counterintuitive combination of apples, celery, grapes, and walnuts gives rise to the immortal waldorf. And the simple layering of tomato, mozzarella, and basil results in the ultra-classic caprese. Here, ripe pears, crumbled blue cheese, toasted walnuts, fresh tarragon, and aged balsamic sing a beautiful song by hitting all the notessweet, salty, bitter, sour, creamy, crunchy, fruity, funky and herbaceousin perfect harmony. If you enjoy this salad and think it deserves a special name, to be emblazoned for posterity on the salad walk of fame, please do leave it in the comments.