Pomegranate Roasted Pears with Pine Nuts & Blue Cheese
Prep Time
5mins
Cook Time
30mins
Total Time
35mins
Roasted pears decked out in blue cheese, pomegranate and pine nuts make an elegant yet ridiculously easy side dish, salad or dessert to start of the New Year on a healthy note . . . also lovely in any season.
Course:
Breakfast, Dessert, Fruit, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Servings: 4servings
Ingredients
2largeBosc pears, not overly ripe
1lemon
1/4cuppine nuts
1/2cup pomegranate arils
1/2cupcrumbled blue cheese
1/2cuppomegranate juice
1/2cup apple cider
1/3cupbrown sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Wash pears and slice in half lengthwise. Use a melon baller to scoop out seeds and core, leaving a well for blue cheese filling. Place pears, cut side up, in glass baking dish or cast-iron skillet.
Slice lemon in half and squeeze juice over cut side of pears so that they don’t discolor.
In small skillet, over medium-high, toast pine nuts about 3 to 4 minutes, shaking pan as needed, until lightly golden brown.
In small bowl, toss together crumbled blue cheese, fresh pomegranate arils, and toasted pine nuts. Divide this cheese mixture among the pear halves, pushing down into the indentation.
In small bowl, combine pomegranate juice, apple cider and brown sugar. Drizzle a bit over pears and pour remainder around pears sitting in baking dish.
Bake for approximately 30 minutes, basting once or twice with liquid in dish. Pears are ready when softened and cheese bubbling.