Name: Baked pears with cheesecake cream
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 firm ripe pears, peeled, cored, halved lengthways; 2 tablespoon warmed honey; 40 gram butter, melted; 1/4 cup chopped walnuts; 4 bought butternut biscuits, crushed; Cheesecake cream; 125 gram cream cheese, softened; 1/2 cup thickened cream; 1/4 cup honey; 40 gram creamy blue cheese, crumbled

Baked pears with cheesecake cream

Teamed with tart cheesecake cream, these parcels of honey-baked pears make for a beautiful autumnal dessert.

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Serves 4

Prep

20M

Cook

20M

Total

40M

Ingredients

2 firm ripe pears, peeled, cored, halved lengthways

2 tablespoon warmed honey

40 gram butter, melted

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

4 bought butternut biscuits, crushed

Cheesecake cream

125 gram cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup thickened cream

1/4 cup honey

40 gram creamy blue cheese, crumbled

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C.

2.Place each pear half on a sheet of baking paper. Drizzle evenly with combined honey and butter. Gather ends of paper together to form a parcel, twisting to secure. Place on an oven tray and bake 15 minutes.

3.Add walnuts to oven tray. Bake pears and nuts a further 2-3 minutes, until nuts are toasted and pears are tender. In a small bowl, combine walnuts and biscuits.

4.To make cheesecake cream, in a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat all ingredients together until smooth.

5.Unwrap parcels. Transfer pears to a serving plate. Top each with a dollop of cream mixture.

6.Sprinkle walnuts and crushed biscuits over pears to serve.

We used Beurre Bosc pears in this recipe.
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