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CARAMELIZED PEAR AND WALNUT SALAD with BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

8 oz. Spring Lettuce leaves
2 pears Cored and thinly sliced
4 tbsp. Butter
½ cup Brown Sugar
4 oz. Crushed Walnuts
4 oz. Crumbled Gorgonzola
To caramelize pears, melt butter in sauté pan. Add pear slices and brown sugar. Cook until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Cool.

In a large salad bowl, combine lettuce, walnuts, gorgonzola and pears. Toss with balsamic vinaigrette (recipe below).

Serves 4.

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