Grilled pear and pickled walnuts with cheddar on toast recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp English mustard
- 1 lemon, juice only
- 2 tsp walnut malt vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed to a paste
- 100 ml (3.5fl oz) rapeseed oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 4 pears, firm and ripe
- 4 pickled walnuts, finely chopped,
- 150 g (5.3oz) cheddar, grated,
- 8 slices sourdough bread
- 2 handfuls rocket
Directions
Preheat the grill to a medium or high heat.Put the lemon juice, walnut vinegar, black pepper, salt, garlic and mustard together in a bowl and whisk together.
Gradually add the oil as you whisk.
Drizzle some oil over a grill tray and sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
Peel and slice the pears widthways and place them on the tray.
Grill the pairs for two minutes.
Once cooked, remove the pears and toast one side of the bread.
Turn the bread over and put the pear on top of it, along with some pieces of walnut and cheese.
Put back in the grill until the cheese has turned golden brown.
Serve topped with some rocket and dressing.