Pomegranate & Pear Green Salad with Ginger Dressing

This gorgeous green salad recipe is bursting with fresh pomegranate, Bartlett pear and Honeycrisp apple! This salad will brighten up your holiday table, and liven up a regular weeknight dinner. Recipe yields 4 to 6 side salads.

Pomegranate & Pear Green Salad with Ginger Dressing

INGREDIENTS

Salad

• ½ cup raw pecans (halves or pieces)
• 5 ounces baby arugula
• 2 ounces (about ½ cup) goat cheese or feta, crumbled
• 1 large ripe Bartlett pear, thinly sliced
• 1 Honeycrisp or Gala apple, thinly sliced
• Arils from 1 pomegranate

Ginger dressing

• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, to taste
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
• 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• About 10 twists of freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To toast the pecans, place them in a skillet over medium heat. Toast, stirring often, until they’re fragrant and starting to turn golden on the edges, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the pecans from the heat and roughly chop them (no need to chop if you started with pecan pieces). Set aside.
2. Arrange the arugula across a large serving platter (or bowl, but the salad looks prettiest on a platter). Sprinkle the chopped pecans and crumbled goat cheese over the arugula. Fan out your slices of pear and apple and arrange them across the salad in sections (see photos). Sprinkle all over with fresh pomegranate arils.
3. To prepare the dressing, combine all of the ingredients and whisk until blended. Taste, and if it isn’t quite zippy enough, add another teaspoon of vinegar.
4. Wait to dress the salad until you’re ready to serve (the dressing will wilt the greens over time). When you’re ready, drizzle the ginger dressing lightly all over the salad (you might not need all of it). Serve promptly.

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