This week Erica from Itzy’s Kitchen is hosting the Blogger Secret Ingredient – and she chose pears! I was very excited because pears are such a delicious fall fruit. I came up with this salad and it was really good. I let Bobby taste the dressing before I put it on the make sure it was okay and his mouth dropped – “don’t change anything!” he exclaimed. So I didn’t. And here’s the finished recipe…
Pear & Crab Salad
Ingredients
- 1 bosc pear, chopped (centimeter-ish cubes are good)
- 6 ounces of lump crab meat (1 can)
- 2 big handfuls of fresh basil, chopped – maybe 20 leaves?
- 1/3 cup finely chopped white onion
- 1/2 cup shredded cabbage OR chopped celery (or both! I was out of celery, but that was my original idea – I substituted in cabbage and it was still really good)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup cashews (optional – I was going to add these at the end and I completely forgot – but they would have been perfect) – or walnuts, or almonds, or your nut of choice!
Dressing
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (or vinegar of choice)
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon mustard
Directions
- To make the dressing, just mix all the dressing ingredients well.
- For the salad, mix everything but the crab. Then gently fold the crab in.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and gently mix them together. Serve! Topped with cashews or other nuts would be delicious, especially toasted walnuts or sliced almonds.
I had mine on top of lettuce with some extra pear slices; Bobby had his alone with extra pear slices. We will definitely be making this again. Thanks for a great ingredient Erica!
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Wow! What a neat idea! I wouldn’t have thought about crab+pear! Very creative!
Wow – looks incredible! I never would have thought to combine crab and pear, but I love them both so I can imagine that this tastes amazing!! Great job
What a beautiful salad! That looks delicious. I will have to try that once my challenge is over and I can afford crab!
Speaking of the challenge, I’m not including Thanksgiving Day, really. We’re bringing homemade bread to Thanksgiving, but that’s cheap. Everything else I am going to prepare at my mom’s house using her ingredients. In my mind, you’re supposed to go all out for a feast, so I’m fine with ending the day before. Definitely let me know if you decide to do the challenge in some form!
GIRL!!! 4.4 miles at a stretch! Too long for me.Couldnt go running today as it was raining:( Salad looks just delicious.
creative recipe!!!
wow! amazing! i LOVE crab, and this combination definitely looks restaurant material. great job!
Such a fun recipe for BSI!!
Happy Sunday, Maggie!!
Great job. I lov eboth crab and pear and will definitely have to try this!!
Nice work thanks for sharing
zesty
that salad looks so fresh. i loves pears- they are so sweet this time of the year. my favorite are from Harry and David. they are huge.
Your dish sounds great. I want to try making that dressing as well, especially since Bobby loved it! Hope you had a Happy Halloween!
That looks really good – especially the salad dressing!
you eat so healthily
Adding pear to salads sound great, got to try this one too!
this looks fantastic!!
ooh, made this tonight, a little more cabbage (trying to use it up), some apple slices and pom seeds… delish
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