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Salad of Roasted Pears with Blue Cheese

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50 minutes
Prep: 20 minutes | Cook: 30 minutes | Servings: 6 servings

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

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. 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.
  3. Trim a small slice away from the rounded sides of each pear half so that they will sit in the baking dish.  Toss the pears with some lemon juice to prevent them from turning brown.  Arrange them, core side up, in a baking dish large enough to hold all the pears snugly.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Bake the pears, basting occasionally with the cider mixture, for 30 minutes, or until tender.  Set aside until warm or at room temperature.
  7. Just before serving, whisk together the oil, ¼ cup of lemon juice, and ¼ cup of the basting liquid in a large bowl, arugula and toss.  Divide the arugula among 6 plates and top each with a pear half.  Drizzle each pear with some of the basting liquid, sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Source: Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics

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