Pear baked with cheese

Name: Pear baked with cheese
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 clove of garlic; 50 g hard aged cheese; 70 g homemade young cheese; 80-100 g blue cheese; 4 small pears, firm and ripe; juice of half a lemon; 20 g butter; extra virgin olive oil for serving; balsamic vinegar for serving; salt; freshly ground black pepper

Cookinero 23 November 2022

We know that there are lovers of pears baked, grilled or stewed in sugar syrup. This recipe is for people who also love cheese. The dish turns out refined and spectacular. Pears baked with cheese can be served warm or cold for breakfast or dinner.

How to cook Pear baked with cheese

Step 1

For a pear baked with cheese, pass the garlic through a press. For the dish, choose small, firm pears, such as abbot, or you can use the "conference" variety.

Step 2

Grate hard cheese on a fine grater. It is best to choose parmesan for baked pears.

Step 3

Mix garlic with homemade cheese and finely chopped blue cheese. Salt and pepper.

Step 4

Pears cut in half. Remove the core with a spoon. On the opposite side, cut off some pulp so that the pear is stable.

Step 5

Drizzle the pears with lemon juice.

Step 6

Melt the butter in a heavy bottomed pan. Fry the pears with butter on both sides for 2 minutes.

Step 7

Transfer the pears to an ovenproof dish lined with baking paper.

Step 8

Spread the filling over the pears, pushing it into the recesses. Bake in the oven at 180°C for 7-10 minutes. Take out their ovens. Divide among plates and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.