HEARTS OF ROMAINE SALAD Recipe

  Salad

Ingredients:
1 package romaine hearts, rinsed and dried
2 large Rome apples, cored and sliced
3 unripened Bosc pears, cored and sliced
2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 green onions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4 tablespoons water
1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts

Directions:
Heat one tablespoon olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Add apples and pears and saute in a single layer, turning once to brown on each side. Remove fruit from pan and set aside. Saute green onions in remaining olive oil, reduce heat to low, and add vinegar and water. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half. Remove from heat and stir in Gorgonzola.

TO SERVE:
Spoon several slices of pears and apples over lettuce leaves and drizzle with warm dressing. Garnish with toasted pine nuts.

SERVES SIX


HEARTS OF ROMAINE SALAD
 

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