Arugula Pear Goat Cheese Salad With Prosciutto Caramelized Walnuts Recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup Caramelized Walnuts (see separate recipe at epicurious.com)

3/4 cup walnuts

1/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 Tbsp of balsamic vinager

2 ripe but firm Bosc, Comice, Concorde, or Bartlett pears cored and sliced into 1" pieces

5oz or 1/2 lb of arugula or watercress

1 1/2 Tbsp of olive oil

1/4 tsp of Dijon mustard

Juice from half of a lemon

2 1/2 Tbsp of Fig Preserves or Fig Jam

3.5 oz of soft fresh goat cheese

2 oz of prosciutto

Preparation

See Caramelized Walnuts recipe within this site: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Caramelized-Walnuts-108600

For dressing:

Whisk together fig jam or preserves, lemon juice, and mustard in bowl then whisk in olive oil.

For salad:

Place arugula, pears, goat cheese into bowls. Tear or slice prosciutto into bite sized pieces. Add to salad. Add caramelized walnuts. Top with dressing.