Warm Goat Cheese Salad

Dressing:
1T Shallots, chopped
1 T Meaux Mustard
1/2 C raspberry vinegar
1/4 C Vegetable Oil
1/4 C Olive Oil
1 T Snipped Chives
salt and pepper to taste

Salad:
2 Bunches Watercress, washed and dried
2 Heads boston lettuce
1/3 Lb Mesclun lettuce
2 tomatoes cut into 12 wedges
1 C Walnuts- regular or candied

Salad:

6 slices bacon sliced into 1/4 pieces and sauteed
2T Olive Oil with chopped chives, thyme, tarragon and parsley
3 3oz  Crotins (goat cheese) split horizontally
4 T bread crumbs
2 Pears, ripe and firm
2 C Cabernet Sauvignon
1 pinch cinnamon, lemon thyme and tarragon
1tsp ginger

1- make salad dressing by mixing all and then adding oils in
2- poach pears (cored, peeled and halved) in wine infused with cinnamon, lemon, thyme tarragon and ginger for 2-3 min. cool and thinly slice
3-dip each of six goat cheeses in olive oil (marinated with chives, thyme, tarragon, adn parsley) dip in bread crumbs. saute a few minutes in leftover oil just to lightly brown the crumbs.
4- place warm goat cheese on salad. garnish with hot bacon and pears