Description
A sophisticated dessert or appetizer featuring tender baked pears topped with sweet honeyed figs, crunchy walnuts, and a savory blue cheese crumble.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Crust:
- 4 ripe but firm pears, halved and cored
- 8 fresh figs, quartered
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
1. Prepare the Crust:
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Arrange pear halves cut-side up in a baking dish.
- In a bowl, toss fig quarters with honey and half the cinnamon. Spoon over pears.
- In another bowl, mix walnuts, blue cheese, melted butter, remaining cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to form the crumble.
- Sprinkle the walnut and blue cheese crumble evenly over the pears and figs.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until pears are tender and topping is golden. Serve warm.
Notes
You can customize the seasonings to taste.