Punchy Prawn and Pear Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Name: Punchy Prawn and Pear Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; juice of 1 lemon; 35 g/1¼ oz Stilton (or other mild blue cheese), finely crumbled; 35 g/1¼ oz Stilton (or other mild blue cheese), finely crumbled; 3 tbsp soured cream; 2 small, firm but ripe pears; 3 tbsp mayonnaise; pinch of chilli flakes, to serve (optional); salt; a few fresh dill fronds; a few fresh chives, snipped; 3 tbsp toasted pumpkin seeds; 2 little gem lettuces, leaves separated; 1 tsp Cajun spice; 1 tbsp light oil, such as groundnut/peanut; 1 tbsp light oil, such as groundnut/peanut; 1 tbsp light oil, such as groundnut/peanut; 1 corn on the cob; 300 g/10½ oz raw, tail-on king prawns/jumbo shrimp; 300 g/10½ oz raw, tail-on king prawns/jumbo shrimp; 300 g/10½ oz raw, tail-on king prawns/jumbo shrimp; 2 small, ripe avocados

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bold

By Nisha Katona

Published 2024

About

Pears pair beautifully with blue cheese, but you might not have imagined that prawns/shrimp would work with them both too. Put your inner-sceptic on hold and try this gorgeous salad. I add a touch of Cajun spice to the prawns for a bolder flavour and the whole thing just sings.

Ingredients

2 small, firm but ripe pears
2 small, ripe avocados
300 g/10½

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Start by making the dressing, so it’s ready to go. Combine the mayonnaise, soured cream, blue cheese and most of the lemon juice in a bowl (reserve a little lemon juice for squeezing over the pear and avocado in the next step). Stir everything together, pressing the lumps of cheese against the side of the bowl as you go to break them up and combine it into the sauce. Season generously with salt