Pear Salad with Calamansi Salad Dressing and Palm Sugar Candied Walnut

I love pear salad. It is the sweet and fragrance of  the pear that makes it so appealing and it is easy to blend in any citrus sour-sweet dressing. I love to add a little bit of fish sauce in my Thai salad dressing for the depth of the flavor. Combining lemon and orange juice makes a good substitute for calamasi juice and brown sugar is a good substitute for palm sugar in this recipe. Therefore, I hope you can make this recipe work without an extra trip to  an Asian market. I hope you have a chance to create this dish anytime and especially to share with family and friends as a Thanksgiving salad. Cheers!

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients:

15 oz package fresh herb salad mix
½ cup cilantro leaves
4  Tbsp olive oil, divided
¼ tsp sea salt
¼ tsp freshly crushed black pepper
½ tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp brown or palm sugar
1 Tbsp fish sauce
3 Tbsp Sun Tropics^® Pure Calamansi
1 orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 large shallot, peeled and thinly sliced
3 Comice pears, peeled, halved, cored and sliced
1 cup candied walnuts for ganishing

Directions:

1. Combine fresh herb salad mix and cilantro leaves together in a salad bowl.
2. Pour 1 Tbsp olive oil over the greens, combine gently by hand until all greens are well-coated.
3. Divide onto 6 salad plates.
4. Whisk until well-blended the remaining olive oil, sea salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, brown or
palm sugar, fish sauce, and Pure Calamansi.
5. Add bell peppers, shallots, and pears, and toss gently.
6. Garnish with candied walnuts.

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