Baked Pears Stuffed With Saga Blue Cheese

Baked Pears Stuffed With Saga Blue Cheese

Recipe type: Desserts Yield: 4 Prep time: mins Cook time: mins Total time: 0 mins

Baked Pears Stuffed With Saga Blue Cheese taste great. From dinner recipes, budget menus and healthy diet selections, you’ll easily find any recipe you need.

Ingredients:

Pears: 4 T Unsalted Butter – cold
2 Pears – Split & Cored
1/4 C Sugar
1/2 C Pear Brandy
A few drops of lemon juice
1 vanilla Bean – Split
4 1-inch cubes Saga blue cheese
Streusel: 2 T Sugar
2 T Almond flour
2 T All-purpose flour
1 T Oatmeal
A pinch of salt
2 T Unsalted Butter – Cold & diced
Finish and Serve: 8 oz. Baby Lettuce
Aged balsamic vinegar – to taste
Olive oil, to taste
Salt and freshly ground pepper – to taste

Directions:

1. To make pears:
2. In large skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of butter.
3. Place pears in skillet cut-sides down; cook until caramelized on bottom.
4. Add remaining butter and sugar to skillet; cook until sugar starts to brown.
5. Turn pears over; add brandy, lemon juice and vanilla bean.
6. Baste each pear with a liquid in pan.
7. Continue cooking until pears begin to soften, but are still quite firm.
8. Remove pears from skillet with a slotted spoon;
9. place a cube of cheese in center of each; set aside.
10. Continue cooking caramel in pan until it is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Set aside.
11. To make Streusel:
12. Combine sugar, flour, oatmeal and salt in bowl of an electric mixer.
13. Add butter; mix with paddle attachment until streusel is well mixed and holds together. (Do not over mix.)
14. Finish and serve:
15. Preheat oven to 350

Published on December 11, 2009 by Teri Williams