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Brad Pitt's Endive Salad
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Recipe Information
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| Name: |
Brad Pitt's Endive Salad |
| Submitter: |
ladygorb |
| Category: |
Salads |
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| Submitted: |
24 Apr 2006 |
| Updated: |
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| Views: |
259 |
| Rating: |
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Description:
Celebrity recipe - Brad Pitt - Actor Brad Pitt was born in Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri. His mother's name is Jane. His father, Bill, worked in management at a trucking firm in Springfield. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government and school musicals. Pitt attended the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism with a focus on advertising. He occasionally acted in fraternity shows. He left college two credits short of graduating to move to California. Before he became successful at acting, Pitt supported himself by driving strippers in limos, moving refrigerators and dressing as a giant chicken while working for "el Pollo Loco."
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Recipe Ingredients
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- Prep Time: About 20 minutes
- Makes: 1 Serving
- Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp plus
- 1/2 tsp sugar, divided
- 2 tsb butter, divided
- 1 tbsp pecan pieces
- 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1/2 Bartlett pear, peeled,
- cored and cut into small cubes
- 2 tsp champagne vinegar
- 1/4 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp grape-seed oil
- 1 cup mixed salad greens
- 2 tbsp crumbled
- Fourme d'Ambert cheese
- (or any other blue cheese)
- 1 small head Belgian endive
- Salt and pepper to taste
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Recipe Instructions
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Preparation:
In small nonstick skillet, heat 1/2 tsp water and 1 tbsp sugar on medium, without stirring, until sugar dissolves and turns a slightly golden color, about 3 min.
Remove from heat.
Stir in 1 tsp butter and pecans.
Pour into saucer; cool.
Separate pecan pieces.
In small skillet heat lemon juice with remaining sugar and butter.
Add rosemary and pear; saut 2 min.
Discard rosemary.
Put pear mixture in blender; add 2 tbsp plus 2 tsp water, vinegar and mustard.
Pure until smooth.
Slowly add oil, until thickened.
Salt and pepper to taste.
In bowl toss pecans, greens, cheese and dressing.
Mound dressed greens onto bed of endive on plate.
Serve.
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