Pear Walnut Wheat Berry Salad

Name: Pear Walnut Wheat Berry Salad
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters canola oil; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 118 milliliters crumbled Gorgonzola cheese; 3 green onions, chopped; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 0 teaspoons dried oregano; 1 firm pear, cored and diced; 118 milliliters raspberry preserves; 118 milliliters chopped walnuts; 2 liters water; 473 milliliters wheat berries; 118 milliliters raspberry wine vinegar

Pear Walnut Wheat Berry Salad requires about 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 6 servings with 618 calories, 13g of protein, and 29g of fat each. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of walnuts, dijon mustard, raspberry wine vinegar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the wine vinegar you could follow this main course with the Blue Cheese Portobello Burgers as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Bring water and wheat berries to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the wheat berries are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

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Wheatberries

Water

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Sauce Pan

Drain any excess water and cool.

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Water

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Oven

Spread walnuts onto a baking sheet.

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Walnuts

Spread

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Baking Sheet

Bake walnuts in the preheated oven until toasted and fragrant, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Walnuts

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Remove pan from oven and cool.

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Whisk canola oil, raspberry wine vinegar, raspberry preserves, mustard, oregano, and black pepper together in a bowl until vinaigrette is smooth. Measure 1/2 cup vinaigrette and store remaining vinaigrette in an airtight container in the refrigerator for another use.

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Raspberry Preserves