Arugula Burrata Salad with Prosciutto

Perfect to serve at a gathering or holiday celebration, this arugula burrata salad with prosciutto, pear, honey roasted nuts and a tangy shallot champagne vinaigrette is not only beautiful and elegant but out of this world delicious!

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Why You'll Love This Recipe

• This salad is insanely delicious! Peppery arugula mixed with creamy burrata, prosciutto, crunchy nuts, sweet pears, nutritious microgreens and finished with an irresistible shallot champagne vinaigrette. The different flavors and textures go so well together!
• It's very easy to make but beautiful, impressive and perfect to serve at a gathering with friends and family or a holiday celebration! If you like fun salads for dinner parties, check out my apple brie salad, kale beet salad with an orange vinaigrette and this quinoa arugula goat cheese salad.

Key Ingredients

• Arugula: it's the perfect green for this salad to balance the richness of the burrata and saltiness of the prosciutto. Arugula is peppery, a tad bitter, delicious and nutrient-rich. You could replace it with mixed greens, kale or romaine if you prefer.
• Burrata: creamy, soft, rich and absolutely delicious. It could be replace with fresh mozzarella.
• Prosciutto: salty and delicious, prosciutto is cured Italian ham.
• Pears: sweet and perfect for a fall and holiday salad. Could be replaced with apples if you prefer.
• Honey roasted almonds: I recommend sweet roasted nuts for this salad, they balance the richness very well. I use almonds cause my son is highly allergic to all the other nuts, but you can replace them with cashews, pecans or walnuts if you prefer.
• Microgreens: they could be skipped but they add flavor, color and lots of nutrients.
• Shallot champagne vinaigrette: tangy and delicious, this is my go-to vinaigrette. If you are short in time, you can replace it with a good quality store-bought vinaigrette but I highly recommend making your own (even doubling it and save the extra for salads throughout the week)

How to make this arugula burrata salad with prosciutto

• Chop the prosciutto (or tear it with you hands into smaller pieces), slice or chop the pear.

Tips

• Use good quality ingredients if possible.
• Don't slice the pears too early or they could brown a bit. Slice or chop them right before assembling the arugula burrata salad.
• Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

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