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Pear & Brie Mixed Green Salad with Blackberry Spice + Sage Vinaigrette

Vinaigrette: ¼ cup Sallie’s Greatest Blackberry Spice + Sage Jam ¼ cup balsamic vinegar ¼ cup olive oil Salt & pepper to taste Salad: 8 oz. mixed greens 2 pears sliced thin 12 blackberries 1 6 oz. wedge of brie sliced 1/3 cup walnuts toasted Kosher salt  Mix jam, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper together in a jar.  Shake to mix vinaigrette.  Place the mixed greens on 4 plates, top each with ½ sliced pear that has been salted lightly with kosher salt, sliced brie, walnuts and 3-4 blackberries.  Drizzle with vinaigrette.  Serves 4

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Blackberry Spice + Sage Pear Crisp

4-5 cups fresh pears peeled and cut into chunks 2 TBSP sugar 1/2 cup blackberries (fresh or frozen) 2/3 jar Sallie’s Greatest Blackberry Spice + Sage Jam 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup sugar ½ cup butter    Cook pears with 2 TBSP sugar to soften and reduce liquid in pears.  Drain pears and add blackberries and Blackberry Spice + Sage Jam and mix together. Spoon into a lightly greased 8 inch dish or a 9 inch deep dish pie plate.  Combine flour, ½ cup sugar and cut in butter with a pastry cutter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle on pear blackberry mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until top is bubbly and browned. ...

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