Irish soda bread
Get the taste of Ireland with this fresh, no-fuss soda bread
Shaved pear, cheese & bresaola salad
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4 for lunch or as a starter
Skip to ingredients
- 100g walnut half
- 2 crisp pearsblushing pink if possible
- 2 heads red chicoryor radicchio, broken into leaves
- 100g bresaola(thinly sliced, cured beef)
- 140g dolcelatteor your favourite local soft blue cheese, sliced
- 1 tbsp virgin olive or rapeseed oil
For the dressing
- 2 tbsp red wine or port
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal436
- fat33g
- saturates10g
- carbs16g
- sugars14g
- fibre4g
- protein18g
- salt2.4g
Method
step 1
Toast the nuts and make the dressing first as they will need to cool. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the walnuts onto a baking tray and toast for 5 mins or until dark golden. Cool. Put the wine or Port in a small saucepan with the vinegar and sugar. Boil for 3 mins or until slightly syrupy (it will thicken as it cools, so don’t get carried away), then take off the heat and set aside.
step 2
When ready to serve, shave thin slices from the pears using a large sharp knife, mandolin or potato peeler. Mingle them together with the leaves, bresaola, cheese and nuts on a large platter. Season the dressing, then drizzle over the salad, followed by the oil. Enjoy straight away.
