Colette's pear salad

I’ve been treated to many delicious meals during our visit in SA, of which this pear salad is one. My good friend Colette, whipped this up one hot afternoon after coming back from our “hunt for all things old”.

Colette’s pear salad

• 2 firm pears
• mixed salad leaves
• handful of peppery rocket leaves
• walnuts
• parmesan cheese
• butter
• brown sugar
• white balsamic vinegar
• lemon juice

1. Wash and cut the pears into eight parts.
2. Heat some butter with a spoonful of sugar in a pan, add the pears and sauté over high heat until nicely caramelized.
3. Spoon into a dish and leave aside. Add the walnuts to the same pan and brown quickly over high heat. Set aside
4. Deglaze the pan with some white balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
5. Arrange the salad leaves on 2 plates, spoon the hot pears on the salad and sprinkle the walnuts. Spoon the deglazed pansauce over the salad and finish off with some shaved parmesan cheese, a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkling of pepper.
6. For a more substantial meal: Add some crisp fried parma ham/bacon, or goats cheese, or some flaked white fish to the salad.

                                                        Serves two

Finish off this late afternoon meal, much later, with tea and a freshly baked cupcake that you’ve bought on your way home at the sweet deli just around the corner.

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