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Pear-Potato Salad

4.6

(38)

Editor's note: Serve this salad with Marcus Samuelsson's Maple-Glazed Tuna .

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters or 1/2-inch pieces
2 Bosc pears, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch cubes
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup blanched almonds, roughly chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup shredded baby spinach

Preparation

  1. 1. Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the potatoes and sauté until golden, about 12 minutes. Add the pears, onion, garlic, almonds, and curry powder and sauté for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper. Toss with the lemon juice and spinach.

Nutrition Per Serving

Per serving: Calories 334
Total Fat 18g
Saturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 16mg
Carbohydrate 41g
Fiber 6g
Protein 5g
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Nutrition Data
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Reprinted with permission from New American Table by Marcus Samuelson, © October 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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