What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Enjoyable Eats: Piquant Pear Passion! Did you know a little bit of cheese and fruit make a great dessert at the end of a meal? Sure you did. The French have been doing it for years. Europeans, too. Bleu cheese, or its milder cousins Roquefort and Gorgonzola, is a perfect match with sweet ripe pears. Nuts provide that little extra crunch you crave. If making ahead, to keep the pears from turning brown, simply dip them in a wash of lemon juice and water. It works. If you wish to top off the dessert plate with subtle sweetness, drizzle some natural honey over the pears before serving. Obviously I threw in the greens as garnish. Habit, that’s for sure.
PIQUANT PEAR PASSION
Ingredients:
1-2 ripe pears, cored and sliced
4-ounces Bleu cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup walnut pieces
Arugula leaves, for garnish
Natural Honey, for drizzling (optional)
Instructions:
Arrange pear slices in a dessert dish. Add the bleu cheese crumbles. Sprinkle with walnut pieces. Garnish with arugula leaves. Drizzle pears with natural honey.
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I could have this every day, Gail, especially with the organic pears from my garden! I love any blue cheese and walnuts are essential to our good health. Thank you.
Joanna
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I agree. Fruit, cheese, and nuts. Essentially, they can make a meal. 😜🌿
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Mmmm. Dessert. 🍃🧀🍐
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Such a perfect combination.
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Thank you very much. 🦋🍃
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Pears and blue cheese were made for each other. 🙂
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I agree completely. 😍
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Oh, yes, a fantastic combination!
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The Bleu cheese is divine. 😍
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I love it!!!
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Photo so inspiring I didn’t even read the text! Will try to do you justice on this one. I have a great wedge of blue right now!
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I try really hard to keep a wedge of Bleu cheese on hand….however, it always seems to disappear. 💙🍃🧀
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