Italian Salads Recipes - Pear and Parmesan Salad (Insalata di Pere e Parmigiano) Recipe

Ingredients 

• 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil

• 15 ml/1 tbsp white wine vinegar

• 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 1.5 m/1/4 tsp grated nutmeg

• 2 large ripe dessert pears, thinly sliced

• 100 g/4 oz Parmesan cheese, in one piece

• 50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

• Mixed salad leaves

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Method:

1. Put the oil, vinegar and parsley into a bowl and season with the salt, pepper and nutmeg.

2. Blend well and add the pears. Chill. Shave the Parmesan cheese with a potato peeler.

3. Mix the chopped walnuts with the cheese. Serve the pears and dressing on a bed of salad leaves, garnished with the walnuts and cheese.