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Sweet Pear and Apple Salad with Endive

This salad pairs sweet fruit with mildly bitter endive leaves. A dressing made with creme fraiche and blue cheese gives the salad a tangy, pungent finish. From "Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life" (Hyperion; 2008), by Jamie Oliver.

Ingredients

Serves 4

  • 4 heads endive, a mixture of red and white, washed and dried
  • 2 apples, cored and julienned
  • 2 pears, cored and each cut into eight wedges
  • Handful soft herbs, such as chervil, tarragon, or parsley, roughly chopped, plus more for serving
  • 2 ounces strong blue cheese
  • 1/4 cup creme fraiche
  • 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
  • 4 tablespoons cider vinegar

Directions

  1. Place endive in a large bowl. Add apples, pears, and herbs; set salad aside.
  2. In the jar of a blender, combine blue cheese, creme fraiche, olive oil, vinegar, and 6 tablespoons water; blend until smooth, about 16 seconds.
  3. Pour about three-quarters of the blue cheese mixture over salad; toss to coat. Divide salad evenly between 4 plates and drizzle a little more dressing and olive oil over the salads; sprinkle with herbs and serve immediately.
From Martha Stewart Living, April 2009

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