Pears with gorganzola
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | larges | Ripe pears; preferably Williams |
| 1 | Lemon; juice of | |
| 100 | grams | Gorgonzola cheese; (31/2oz) |
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Mustard powder; (optional) |
| 2 | teaspoons | Finely chopped fresh parsley |
| A few leaves of crisp lettuce or; to serve | ||
| ; radicchio | ||
Directions
1. Peel the pears if wished and cut them in half.
2. Scoop out the cores with a teaspoon or knife, leaving a hollow in the centre of each pear half.
3. Brush the pears with half the lemon juice.
4. Use a fork to mash the Gorgonzola with the oil, remaining lemon juice and mustard powder, if using.
5. Alternatively, combine the ingredients in a blender. Stir in the chopped parsley and spoon onto the pear halves, filling the hollows.
6. Arrange some lettuce or radicchio leaves on four individual serving plates and place a pear half on each one.
7. Serve at once.
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NOTES : A delicious blend of flavours. An ideal first course.
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.