Arugula Salad with Pears, Almonds, Goat Cheese, and Dried Apricots

Name: Arugula Salad with Pears, Almonds, Goat Cheese, and Dried Apricots
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, apricot jam; 3 tablespoons, white wine vinegar; 1/2 cup, dried apricots, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 , small shallot, very finely minced (about 1 tablespoon); 1/4 , small red onion, sliced very thin (about 1/4 cup); , Table salt and ground black pepper; 5 ounces, baby arugula (about 8 cups); 1 , ripe pear, halved, cored, and sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices; 1/3 cup, sliced almonds, toasted; 3 ounces, goat cheese, crumbled

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2006

SERVES6

TIME40 minutes

Arugula Salad with Pears, Almonds, Goat Cheese, and Dried Apricots

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our arugula salad recipe, we found ingredients to temper the assertiveness of the arugula while accommodating its lively flavor. Tasters liked salads with fruit and cheese, since the sweet and salty notes offered nice counterpoints to t...

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