Ingredients
- 4 slices of bacon, drippings reserved
- 10 oz. shell baby spinach or baby spinach-spring mix
- 2 ripe pears, cored and sliced
- 2 oz. crumbled blue cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp spicy brown or Dijon mustard
- 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- Cook the bacon in a skillet, or in the oven. Reserve 3 Tbsp of the rendered fat. Let bacon cool slightly before crumbling.
- In a large mixing or serving bowl, toss together the spinach mix, pear slices, crumbled blue cheese, chopped walnuts and add the crumbled bacon to the salad once cooled slightly.
- Prepare the homemade bacon vinaigrette. In a small skillet or saucepan, add the bacon drippings and whisk in the sugar, spicy brown mustard and vinegar. Add a pinch of both salt and pepper. Once dressing has been well whisked, pour warm over the salad.
- Serve Pear & Blue Cheese Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette.
