Mixed Lettuce, Pear, and Goat Cheese Salad with Citrus Dressing

Salads.

Mixed Lettuce, Pear, and Goat Cheese Salad with Citrus Dressing

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredients
Dressing:
1 tbsp finely chopped shallots
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
4 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
4 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
Salad:
2 tbsp fresh orange juice
2 firm ripe Bosc pears, cored and thinly sliced
6 cups mixed baby lettuces
1 head Boston or butter lettuce, torn (about 2 cups)
3/4 cup (3 ounces) crumbled goat cheese

Directions

1. To prepare dressing, combine shallots and mustard in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Stir in 1/4 cup orange juice and next 3 ingredients (through pepper). Gradually add oil, stirring constantly with a whisk.

2. To prepare salad, combine 2 tablespoons orange juice and pears, tossing to coat. Combine lettuces in a large bowl. Drizzle with dressing; toss gently to coat. Arrange about 1 cup lettuce mixture on each of 8 salad plates. Top each serving with about 1/4 cup pear and 1 1/2 tablespoons cheese.

Yield:  8 servings

CALORIES 100 ; FAT 5.6g (sat 2.5g,mono 2.4g,poly 0.4g); CHOLESTEROL 8mg; CALCIUM 67mg; CARBOHYDRATE 10.2g; SODIUM 141mg; PROTEIN 3.5g; FIBER 2.5g; IRON 1.1mg

Source: www.cookinglight.com