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Green Pea Salad Recipe with Juicy Pears
The following recipe makes a great lunch for two or a side dish for four. You will need soft pears but they should still be slightly crisp rather than soggy. A good way to tell whether your pears are ripe is to pierce the top near the stalk using your nail. If you can break it by pushing down gently it is ripe. Smaller pears are usually more flavorful than bigger ones, although the difference in quality is often marginal. Make the salad in advance if you like, but do not add the pear until you serve it.
Also, do not dress the salad until you serve it. Dressing a salad too early will make it go soggy and many people like to bring the salad and dressing to the table separately, so people can dress their own. If you prefer not to use a creamy dressing, you can whisk some balsamic vinegar with grapeseed oil and lemon juice, or use some kind of fruity vinaigrette.
This is already an aromatic salad thanks to the fresh herbs, so something simple would be great. The recipe suggests that you sprinkle some paprika over the pear. This adds some color and a contrasting flavor but you could experiment with cinnamon or nutmeg for an equally yummy result.
Easy Pear and Herb Salad
Ingredients -
2 chopped pears
2 chopped celery stalks
10 fresh basil leaves
¼ cup chopped walnuts
1 handful fresh garden peas
½ bunch fresh parsley
5 fresh mint leaves
½ lettuce
Salt and black pepper, to taste
¼ teaspoon paprika
¼ cup ranch dressing
Preparation:
Separate the ½ lettuce into individual leaves and arrange them over a chilled serving platter.
Chop the fresh herbs.
Toss the basil, peas, parsley, mint leaves, celery, and lettuce together.
Arrange this on the bed of lettuce leaves.
Arrange the pear and walnuts on top and sprinkle paprika over the pear chunks.
Drizzle the ranch dressing over the pear salad just before serving, else you can serve the dressing on the side.
(Serves 2-4)
Wine Suggestion:
Which Wine to Serve with Green Pea Salad Recipe
Try a Riesling with this pea and pear salad. Riesling wines can be very aromatic with pear, peach and apple hints, as well as honey, spice or floral undertones. This wine can sometimes offer a slight mineral flavor. Riesling is a very accommodating wine and suits pork, poultry, shellfish and vegetarian food, as well as Mexican and Asian dishes. A crisp, versatile, and refreshing Riesling would be ideal to pair with this garden pea and pear salad recipe.
Photo Description:
As you can see from the photo, this is a colorful and healthy-looking salad. Featuring plenty of fresh ingredients like fresh peas and celery, fresh herbs and fresh pear, this is a nutritious and refreshing dish which would make a wonderful lunch or supper served with a glass of white wine. This salad is good served chilled so you can either make it ahead (adding the pear and dressing at the last minute) or chill all the ingredients before you begin. This salad requires no cooking so it is simple enough for complete beginners to make.
Delicious Recipes with Green Peas
A long time ago, peas used to be grown for their dry seeds, but in modern times this vegetable is usually steamed or boiled, to break down the cell walls and bring the sweet flavor out. They can be served with butter or spearmint, as well as salt and pepper. Peas are also used in salads, casseroles, and pot pies. Have you ever tried a green pea salad recipe? There are many types of green pea salad recipes, all of which are delicious and healthy too.
Peas were an important staple in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East in the Middle Ages, along with lentils and beans. By the 1600s, eating green peas became popular, and green peas are the ones which are immature. The popularity spread from England to the United States and Thomas Jefferson grew more than thirty cultivars of green peas on his estate. This vegetable is available all year round, since peas are often frozen or canned. You can also eat raw peas straight off the bush, and they can also be dried.
Other Ways to Enjoy Peas
Dried peas can be roasted, salted, and enjoyed as a snack, and this is popular in Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, and China, amongst other countries. Dried yellow split peas are used to make "pease pudding" in the UK, or split pea soup in the United States. This staple is economical and easy to find. If you want a healthy budget ingredient, peas or dried peas are great.
Pea soup is popular in many other countries, including India, Russia, Iran, Iraq, northern and central Europe. In Sweden, pea soup has been eaten since pre-Viking times. If you are fond of peas, why not try making green pea salad recipes or a green pea casserole?
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