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Oven Roasted Pear & Spinach Salad with Cashew Ricotta & Candied Pecans

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This recipe makes enough of each addition that you can have each for a week or use them in different recipes.

Ingredients

Pears & Salad:

  • 1 pound of spinach

  • 2 Anjou, Bosc or Comice Pear, sliced

  • 10 blackberries, halved

  • 1/3 cup of candied pecans (recipe here)

  • 6-8 tbsps. cashew ricotta (recipe here)

Maple Dijon Dressing:

  • ¼ cup of maple syrup

  • ¼ of olive oil

  • ¼ of white wine vinegar

  • 2 tbsp of Dijon mustard

Instructions

Pears & Salad:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.  Place sliced pear on a parchment-lined baking tray being careful not to overlap. Roast for 6-8 minutes or until pear has softened.  Remove from heat and let cool.

  2. Add spinach to a large bowl and toss with ¼ cup of Maple Dijon Dressing.  Spread onto a serving platter. Top with roasted pears, sliced blackberries, candied pecans and dollops of cashew ricotta. Serve immediately.

Maple Dijon Dressing:

  1. Whisk all ingredients together until combined.