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Kaydorf Salad
As much as I like a good Waldorf Salad, it’s time for something new. Something fresh, something pretty. I had a novel idea and I shall name it Kaydorf Salad. Or Pear, Walnut & Blue Cheese Salad, whatever rocks your boat, but you gottta admit that doesn’t sound half as good!
Either way, it turned out to be a wonderful green salad with flavors that really compliment each other. It combines sweetness of pears with savory blue cheese. Throw in a few crunchy walnuts, some spicy red onion and serve it with a creamy green herb dressing. Finger-licking good, but you’re probably better off eating this one with a fork! Less messy.
Ingredients:
Salad:
lettuce and/or salad leaves
1 small red onion
blue-cheese
walnuts
pear
Dressing:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp sour cream
1 spring onion
handful flat-leaf parsley
white wine vinegar
1 small garlic clove
lemon juice
fresh chives
chervil
pepper
salt
Directions:
* I opted for a creamy and herby green dressing. It turned out to be a really good choice for this salad. But I’m sure a multitude of dressings will work for this one.
Here’s what I used.
Chop 1 spring onion and add it to your blender or immersion blender bowl along with a small garlic clove. You could also give everything a fine chop and combine it, but I really wanted a green dressing. Like in Hulk green, though I never understood why the guy was green in the first place.
Add 1/2 a cup of the holy Hellmann’s along with 2 tbsp sour cream (demi crème fraiche in my case), a small handful (I have tiny hands) flat-leaf parsley and a pinch of salt and black pepper.
I’ve added 1/4 tsp white wine vinegar (but feel free to omit it) and a little splash of fresh lemon juice. I’ve also added some chives. Don’t go overboard on the chives!
Blend. Blitz. And there you have it: green dressing. Stir in some dried chervil.
I bought a big bag of mixed lettuce and salad leaves.
I stole two of the kiddo’s pears. They even had little smiley stickers on them. Oh come on now, it’s all for the sake of blogging. He’ll understand when he’s older and he only cried a little.
Peel, slice or dice the pear(s) anyway you like to and finely slice the red onion. Remember; no salad benefits from huge chunks of onion, so slice as thin as you possibly can!
Randomly add some walnuts. I left a couple whole and broke some into 4 pieces. I like to break stuff for fun.
At this point I drizzle a bit of dressing over the salad. Not too much. Serve the rest on the side for those of us metabolically less fortunate.
Add the sweet, juicy pear to the salad.
Perhaps you remember my roasted tomatoes and magor sauce? I used magor there: mascarpone with gorgonzola. This is camembert combined with blue cheese. It’s awesome stuff. But anything goes: Gorgonzola, Roquefort, whatever you like. Just crumble the cheese between your fingers and add it to the salad.
Seriously, who knew a salad could look this sexy?
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It looks delicious! Dressing sounds awesome. The photos are so beautiful. You even manage to turn a simple plate filled with lettuce in to a piece of art.
I love the sound of this! Pears are one of the few fruits I really love, and walnuts and blue cheese, yes!
@Kalynskitchen:
I think I might just add some shredded grilled chicken next time. Along with crusty bread, it pretty much makes it an entire meal.
The combination of pear and blue cheese is sooo good.
I agree, this salad looks really sexy!
Oh yes! I had a salad like this in France once and it was divine! It really is the perfect combo of flavors.
I make a salad with pears too. It has mixed greens, pears, dried cranberries, pecans, and Havarti cheese. I like the idea of the bleu cheese better, but when I made my salad for a Christmas luncheon I catered, I opted for the milder Havarti. My mom told me some of the elderly women at her church might not care for the bleu cheese. I’m excited to try your dressing!
Exciting combination of flavors going on in this salad! I’ve always loved pears and blue cheese together, and the addition of the red onion and walnuts would make this outstanding. Thanks for another fab recipe, Kay!
That does indeed look sexy.
Kaydorf for President!
I mucho likey that salad dressing…..
My husband would love this. Would you come to my house and make it for him? :)
oh my, that looks so delicious! I can’t wait to make that!
Wow! That looks fabulous!!
Oh my gosh! That salad looks so amazing! I’m definitely trying it for lunch tomorrow! Thanks for sharing.
Sexy Salad!! I’m copying recipe and adding it to my repertoire next week!!
This salad is beautiful and I don’t even like salads! Please check out The Womens Colony blog under Mrs. G’s post intolerance comments–well read all of them but especially comments 205, 206, and 207! I am routing for you Kay!!! I want to make sure you get all your old readers who loved your posts on PW’s site but now can not find them. Your hard work was appreciated and should not be just washed away like that (see me snapping my fingers!). Will keep checking in on you. Make us something yummy! I know you will! I wanted to email you the link but could not find your email address so I’ll just send you and your readers there.
Ziet er super lekker uit!
Man I love this site!
I also missed the recipes of Kay on PW’s site! I was a follower of PW, but not any more. I don’t like fake people.
Hi everyone,
I really appreciate the sweet compliments about my recipes and photographs, that first. I’m also not big on moderating comments, but I must admit that some of the comments I’ve been receiving these past few days are making me feel very uncomfortable.
I do not want my postings or website to function as a platform for flaming people/blog authors. If someone has a problem with a blog author, they should take it up with them. Or maybe use one of the many blogs out there that support this type of discussion. Mine isn’t exactly one of them. I just cook, photograph and eat :)
Thanks for understanding!
Muchas gracias,
Kay
LOVE this salad! LOVE your narration and pics! LOVE your character!
My mouth tends to get all itchy with blue cheese, what would you recommend as a tasty alternative? (Cheese is fine, just not the blue part.)
@Tiina:
I would just go with a cheese you like. Feta cheese might really work, too. Even Parmesan curls. Or a lovely French cheese. I personally think a pungent cheese is the best combination for the sweet pears.
I just love love love,love your blog! Its such a great journey every time you are cooking, with all the pictures and your great writing! LOVE IT!
blog!
Thanks Kay! This looks so delicious I’ll be trying it really soon. Love your food, your style, who you are. :-)