Pear and blue cheese salad

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: None
Serves: 2

Ingredients

1 (200g) bag crispy salad leaves
2 ripe but firm pears, quartered, cored and sliced
75g/ 3oz Danish blue cheese, crumbled
For the dressing:
zest and juice of ½ lemon
1 tbsp poppy seeds
1 tbsp vegetable oil
pinch of caster sugar
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Divide the leaves between two plates, top with the sliced pear. Scatter over the blue cheese. Whisk all the dressing ingredients together then season to taste. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve.

Cooks tip: Serve with some crusty bread if you choose.