Pork Pear Spinach Salad Recipes

Steps:

• On top of spinach, add green beans, apples, onion, cheese, sliced pork, and chopped nuts.
• Drizzle with salad dressing.
• This salad is also good with pears and Swiss cheese instead of Cheddar.

Steps:

• Curried Cashews: Preheat oven to 400°; toast cashews on baking sheet for 8-10 minutes or until golden; combine remaining ingredients; add hot cashews, toss until coated; set aside to cool.
• Honey-Sesame Vinaigrette: Combine all ingredients and whisk until emulsified.
• Salad: Cut bacon into 1/2" pieces and cook until crisp.
• Put greens, onions and sliced pears in a bowl and toss with enough vinaigrette to coat everything well.
• Place salad on six plates; sprinkle each with bacon and curried cashews; garnish with cluster of grapes placed at the side of each plate.

Steps:

• Whisk mustard and vinegar together in a small bowl. Add oil, whisking constantly until combined. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place spinach on a platter. Arrange pork and pear on top. Sprinkle with celery and walnuts. Drizzle over mustard mixture.
• Serve immediately.
• Note: Try apples and cashews instead of pears and walnuts, or toss through dried cranberries and pinenuts instead.

Steps:

• Mix the first 10 ingredients together, preferably with a food processor or blender so that it mixes well. Set the dressing aside.
• Remove and discard the stems from the spinach leaves. Wash spinach, and pat dry with paper towels. Combine the spinach, pears, raisins, and pecans in a large bowl. Pour reserved dressing over salad, and toss gently. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder,and cinnamon, then coat pork with spice rub.
• Heat oil in an 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until just beginning to smoke, then brown pork to seal in juices, turning, 4-6 minutes total.
• Place pork on foil lined cookie sheet that has been liberally sprayed with cooking spray.
• Stir together brown sugar, garlic, and Tabasco and pat onto top of each tenderloin.
• Roast in middle of oven until thermometer inserted diagonally in center of each tenderloin registers 140°F, about 20 minutes.
• Let pork stand at room temperature 10 minutes.
• (Temperature will rise to about 155°F while standing.) Whisk together juices, mustard, curry powder, salt, and pepper, then add oil in a stream, whisking until well blended.
• Slice pork diagonally Prepare and assemble salad.

Steps:

• Mix up the Mustard Dressing in a screw top jar. Shake well.
• Pour half of it over the ribs in a shallow bowl to marinate.
• If the walnut pieces are large, break them up a bit. To roast them, place them in a glass bowl and microwave for one minute three separate times, letting them rest and cool in between each minute.
• Meanwhile, slice the scallions and pears. Divide the spinach among 6 plates. Arrange pear slices on spinach and sprinkle with scallions, cheese, and nuts.
• Preheat the broiler. Cook the ribs 14 minutes, turning them over halfway through the cooking time.
• When the ribs are cooked, cut them into thin slices and arrange on top of the salad.
• Serve with the remaining Mustard Dressing.