ClementineSalad with Mandarin-Pear Dressing

PuréedBartlett pears give body and a creamy texture to this low-oil dressing, whichtops a salad composed of fresh spinach, lettuce, and Clementines.

MANDARIN-PEAR DRESSING

116-ounce can Bartlett pears in juice
2 large Satsuma or Kinnow mandarins
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
½ teaspoon prepared mustard
½ teaspoon salt

SALAD

4cups torn fresh spinach leaves
4 cups torn mixed lettuce leaves
6 Clementines or other mandarins
¼cup sliced natural almonds, toasted

1.Prepare Mandarin-Pear Dressing: Drain pears, reserving ¼cup juice. Cut mandarins crosswise in half and ream to extract ½cup juice. In blender, blend drained pears, reserved pear juice, the tangerinejuice, oil, mustard, and salt until smooth. Pour dressing into a glass pitcheror jar; cover and refrigerate until cold.
2. Just before serving, prepare Salad: Divide spinach and lettuce among 6 saladplates. Peel Clementines; separate into segments and remove any fibrous stringsor membrane. Place segments over greens on plates. Sprinkle almonds on top anddrizzle with about 2 tablespoons dressing. Pass remaining dressing.

Yield: Serves: 6.

This recipe has not been kitchen tested.

 

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