Pan-Roasted Pear Salad

Name: Pan-Roasted Pear Salad
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 4 slices, thick-cut bacon, cut into ½-inch-wide strips; 3 slightly underripe, Bosc pears, quartered and cored; 2 teaspoons, sugar; 5 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup, cider vinegar; 3 tablespoons, maple syrup; , Salt and pepper; 2 , romaine lettuce hearts (12 ounces) , cut into 2-inch pieces; 1/4 cup, chives, cut into 1-inch pieces; 4 ounces, blue cheese, crumbled (1 cup)

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2018

There’s nothing wrong with a perfect, juicy pear by itself. But we wanted something more.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME35 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We love eating juicy, ripe pears plain out of hand, but we find them even more enticing when they're roasted until they're tender and creamy inside and lightly caramelized outside—the dark, roasted sweetness enhances their floral essence. A...

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