Recipe - Blue Cheese Wonton Salad Poached Pears And Mandarin Oranges

BLUE CHEESE WONTONS
1 pack Large wonton skins
1 cup Crumbled blue cheese
Canola oil
Egg wash to seal wontons

POACHED PEARS
2 Pears peeled; cored and cut
into 4 pieces
1 One half cup Red wine
2 tablespoon Sugar

ASSEMBLY & PRESENTATION
1 One half pound Mixed greens
One fourth pound Bean sprouts
1 cup Japanese Vinaigrette;
(recipe included)
One fourth cup Scallions; thinly cut or sliced up
One fourth cup Mandarin oranges
One fourth cup Cilantro; coarsely chopped
Black and white sesame seeds
Radish sprouts

~ Blue Cheese Wontons (2 wontons per person) Place 1 tablespoon of
blue cheese in each wonton skin; fold and crimp with egg wash. Fry both
sides in hot oil until golden brown. (Heat wontons in oven before serving
to recrisp.)

~ Poached Pears Simmer together in small heavy stock pot. Turn
pears to get an even, burgundy color on all sides. Cool before slicing.

~ Assembly & Presentation Mixed greens can be any mixture (drained
green lettuce, ridicco, bibb, etc.) 1. Arrange lettuce, mandarin oranges,
bean sprouts, radish sprouts on platter. 2. Slice pears diagonally and fan
on platter. Place blue cheese wonton near fanned pears. 3. Drizzle with
Japanese Vinaigrette. 4. Garnish with scallions, cilantro, and black and
white sesame seeds.

NOTES : email: themission@electriciti.com

Recipe by: Marla Reif & Fay Nakanishi of Mission Cafe, San Diego

Posted to recipeludigest by molony molony@scsn.net on Mar 13, 1998