Asian Pear Salad with Honey Pale Ale Dressing (and Goat Cheese Fritters)

Asian Pear Salad with Pale Ale Dressing and Goat Cheese Fritters

Asian Pear Salad with Honey Pale Ale Dressing (and Goat Cheese Fritters)

Asian pear and leaf lettuce drizzled with a sprightly honey pale ale dressing and accompanied by decadent goat cheese and pine nuts (lots of them) fritters. Paired with a pale ale.

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Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings: individual salads

Calories: 1325kcal

Author: Milena Perrine

Ingredients

1 Asian pear
½ head red leaf lettuce
¼ read onion
¼ cup pale ale or IPA with low bitterness such as New England style IPA or Session IPA
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ tablespoon honey
1 ½ teaspoon lemon juice
pinch of salt and pinch of pepper
8 oz goat cheese
⅓ cup flour
2 eggs beaten
⅓ cup pine nuts
salt and pepper to taste
fresh thyme to taste
vegetable oil to fry fritters about 3 cups

Instructions

Cut the red leaf lettuce in small strips.
Slice the red onion (you cannot slice it thin enough). You may want to use less than ¼ onion depending on your personal taste.
Using a vegetable peeler peel the Asian pear (discard peels) and continue shaving off thin pieces. Depending on the size of the fruit and your personal taste preference you may not want to use all the pear.
Mix the lettuce, pear and onions in a bowl.

Pale ale dressing:

Mix together pale ale and honey. Add the lemon juice and salt and pepper. Stir. Slowly add the olive oil and stir vigorously (since not using emulsifier, oil will not blend entirely, this is OK)

Fritters:

In a bowl, using a fork mix together the goat cheese, eggs, flour, pine nuts, salt & pepper and thyme. Place in the freezer for just a few minutes to get the mixture to firm up.
Bring oil to 350°F over medium-high heat (if you let it get any hotter, the fritters will burn on the outside before they are cooked through).
Using a small ice-cream scoop drop dollops of the goat cheese mixture into the oil and fry, gently turning with a spoon, until golden brown all over. Place on paper towel to dry. Work in batches of no more than 4 fritters at a time.

Assemble:

Dress the salad, tossing to make sure all ingredients are well coated. Plate and add the goat cheese fritters. Open a pale ale or IPA and enjoy.

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