My friend Roma called the other day and told me that the figs on her tree were ripe. Then she even picked and delivered a bag of freshly picked figs to my doorstep just in time for dinner. This is what I created to show off these juicy ripe figs.
Fig, Roasted Pecan, and Blue Cheese Salad
-
- Prep Time
- Minutes
Ingredients
- 5 cups of hearts of romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1/2 cup roasted pecans, chopped
- 12 fresh figs, halved
- 4 oz blue cheese. crumbled
- Honey lemon dressing:
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Chop the hearts of romaine and place in a large bowl. Add sliced figs and crumbled blue cheese.
- Make honey lemon dressing. Pour lemon juice into a small bowl and whisk together with honey. Slowly add olive oil in a steady stream. Continue whisking until well combined. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add roasted pecans to lettuce mixture. Toss with honey lemon dressing and divide and serve on individual plates.
- Servings : 4
- Recipe Type : All Recipes, Salads, vegetarian
Related Recipes
Crawfish Bisque
Crawfish bisque is typically a treasured passed down family recipe. The aromatic roux based bisque with spicy crawfish stuffed heads...
Read More
Creole Remoulade Sauce
My family has passed down this recipe for spicy New Orleans style Creole remoulade sauce for generations. I serve it...
Read More
Spicy Strawberry Jalapeno Margarita
This sweet and spicy margarita is perfect for a warm spring evening or a hot summer night. Cinco de Mayo...
Read More
Comments are closed.