Salad of Roasted Pears with Blue Cheese | Searching4Zen

Ingredients

• 3 ripe but firm Anjou pears
• Freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 lemons)
• 3 ounces coarsely crumbled sharp blue cheese such as Stilton
• ¼ cup dried cranberries or cherries
• 1/4 cup walnut halves, toasted and chopped
• 1/2 cup apple cider
• 3 tablespoons port
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup good olive oil
• 6 ounces arugula
• Kosher salt
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Peel the pears and slice them lengthwise into halves. With a small sharp paring knife and a melon baller, remove the core and seeds from each pear, leaving a round well for the filling.
• Gently toss the crumbled blue cheese, dried fruit, and walnuts together in a small bowl. Divide the mixture among the pear halves, mounding it on top of the indentation.
• In the same small bowl, combine the apple cider, port and brown sugar, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Pour the mixture over and around the pears.
• Bake the pears, basting occasionally with the cider mixture, for 30 minutes, or until tender. Set aside until warm or at room temperature.
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• Cheese
• Easy
• Fast
• Fruit
• Lunch
• Salad