recipe: review - pan-fried balsamic pear salad with pancetta, gorgonzola and a warm honey dressing

we had pears.

a lot of pears.

we decided to make something with all the pears in an attempt to cull the population down to manageable numbers.*

turns out there's not a lot of things out there you can make with pears.
chutney.
cake.
desserts involving brandy.
and salads.

seeing as we also had a bounty of salad leaves, we headed in that direction.
we modified the heck out of this recipe to fit what we already had in our fridge and decided to see what it gave us.

it gave us a very tasty dinner.

our modifications:
instead of gorgonzola, we used wenslydale, as that was what we had
instead of pine nuts, we used sunflower seeds, cause the shop was out of pine nuts
instead of rocket (arugula), we used our mixed salad leaves from the box scheme
instead of honey, we used agave nectar
instead of dijon mustard, we used wholegrain

for a salad it was surprisingly filling.
probably due to the all bacon and cheese...

rating: four pears down, two thumbs up

chance of being made again: will still have pears. it will be made again.

*it half worked. we still have a ton of pears.