Grilled Pear Salad with Honey-Walnut Vinaigrette

Name: Grilled Pear Salad with Honey-Walnut Vinaigrette
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 slices of baguette or good-quality bread; ½ pound/225 grams arugula/rocket; Olive oil; 2 tablespoons walnut oil or canola oil; 3 pears; ½ cup/55 grams walnuts, lightly roasted; Kosher salt; Parmigiano-Reggiano; Canola oil; Freshly ground black pepper; ¼ lemon; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; Pinch of cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons honey; 4 ounces/115 grams prosciutto, julienned

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ruhlman's Twenty

By Michael Ruhlman

Published 2011

About

Grilling fruit is a wonderful preparation. Pineapple, peaches, melon—all are enhanced by the charred flavor. Here, pears are grilled for a summer salad with prosciutto and nuts.

Ingredients

Vinaigrette

2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons honey
Pinch

Garnish
Summer

Method

Make the Vinaigrette

In a small bowl, combine the lemon juice, honey, and cayenne. Season with a two-finger pinch of salt. Slowly whisk in the oil.

Build a hot fire on one side of a grill. When it’s ready, squeeze the ¼ lemon into a bowl of cold water. Quarter the pears and cut out the cores, keeping the pears in the water as you work. When you’re r