Radicchio salad with pears and Gorgonzola

March 24, 2015 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

If you want to serve this dish for a party, you could use each radicchio leaf to hold the pear and cheese. Drizzle a little mayonnaise into each leaf, put a slice of pear on top, followed by a slice of cheese, and let everyone help themselves.

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Radicchio salad with pears and Gorgonzola

Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe pears
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) red wine vinegar
  • 2 heads radicchio
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) good-quality mayonnaise
  • 5ml (1 tsp) English mustard
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 150g mature Gorgonzola

Instructions

1

Peel, quarter and core the pears, then slice them thinly lengthways.

2

Mix together the oil and vinegar to make a vinaigrette.

3

Cut the base off each head of radicchio, so that the leaves come away. Place the leaves in a bowl and toss with the vinaigrette.

4

Mix the mayonnaise with the mustard and add 45ml (3 tbsp) of hot water to thin the dressing.

5

To serve, arrange alternate layers of radicchio and pears on each serving plate. Drizzle with the mayonnaise dressing and, using a potato peeler, shave the Gorgonzola over the top.

 

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