Dish of the Week #30

Pear, Walnut & Parmesan Cheese Salad

On 29 May we had our general elections in South Africa. We drove to our polling station just after 8:00am to cast our vote. The line was terribly long and by mid-morning the temperature had reached 30°C/86°F. Five hours later we were finally able to cast our vote.

After standing in the hot sun for so long, none of us felt like cooking. The pears in our fruit bowl seemed like the perfect solution for a quick but tasty salad.

Put it on the table:

The biggest job is to toast the walnuts in a pan on the stove and then you just throw everything together and drizzle a delicious homemade sauce over it and voila … you have a fresh and delicious salad.

Ingredients

1 Packet of Wild Rocket

50g walnuts

2 pears

½ teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Shavings of Parmesan cheese (to taste)

Roast the walnuts for a few minutes on medium heat and roughly chop them. Thinly slice the pears (do not peel them).

Roast the walnuts

Sliced pears, chopped walnuts and shavings of Parmesan cheese

All that remains now is to mix the mustard, honey, balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Add the wild rocket to the pears, walnuts and Parmesan cheese. Spoon it into a plate and drizzle the sauce over.

A fresh salad for a hot day

We took off our shoes, poured a glass of ice-cold juice and sat under the umbrella in the garden while enjoying our salad! Voting can be very exhausting!