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Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer

Published: Dec 9, 2015 · Modified: Jul 8, 2022 by Elena Szeliga · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!

Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!

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I have something that is easy and yet fancy for you today: Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer. I love this pairing. Together with cheese plates, eggplant rolls and Russian mushroom caviar it's one of my favorite go-to finger food recipes to serve at parties. The idea to serve pears stuffed with blue cheese is so obvious and yet new to many people. It will change the way you think about appetizers. It looks fancy and mouthwatering and it tastes amazing. It most certainly deserves a place on your Christmas table! The best thing is: you only need 4 ingredients to make it: pears, blue cheese, walnuts and lemon juice. It's also very easy to make. You cut pears in quarters, remove seeds, remove a bit of flesh from your pear boats (using a melon baller or a coffee spoon). Then sprinkle the boats with lemon juice and mix the pear flesh with blue cheese. Stuff it in and sprinkle it with grinded walnuts. Done. The whole process takes less than 15 minutes. To speed up the process, you can grind walnuts using this Tupperware chopper as it takes less than a minute! Check the full recipe below and make this appetizer for the next party you will be hosting!

Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it! Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!

Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!

Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!
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Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer

Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!
Course Appetizer
Cuisine European
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 20 minutes minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 353kcal
Author Elena Szeliga
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Ingredients

  • 3 ripe pears
  • 4 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 200 grams or 7 oz blue cheese ex. gorgonzola
  • 60 grams or ½ cup walnuts
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Instructions

  • Cut pears in quarters, remove seeds and remove a bit of flesh from your pear boats (using a melon baller or a coffee spoon).
  • Sprinkle the boats with lemon juice. Use a spoon to mix the pear flesh with blue cheese. Stuff it in using a cheese knife. Sprinkle with ground walnuts. Enjoy!

Notes

Store leftover in the fridge for up to a day.

Nutrition

Calories: 353kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 699mg | Potassium: 364mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 415IU | Vitamin C: 11.6mg | Calcium: 291mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!
What is your favorite party appetizer? Leave a comment below!

Pears and Blue Cheese Appetizer: Easy, delicious and fancy appetizer for special occasions. You only need 4 ingredients and 15 minutes to make it!

Love,

Elena

P.S. Here are some more ideas on how to pair cheeses with fruits.

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About Elena Szeliga

Elena Szeliga is the founder of Happy Kitchen.Rocks, where she shares delicious and healthy vegetarian and vegan food, from weeknight dinners to veganized classics and gourmet appetizers. Her recipes have been featured at Better Homes & Gardens, BuzzFeed, Country Living, The Kitchn and Reader’s Digest. Her mission is to help cook easy vegetarian and vegan meals with simple and fresh ingredients. Read more about Elena.

Comments

  1. Fay says

    December 24, 2019 at 6:20 pm

    Is this supposed to be heated? It says 10 minutes cook time at the beginning.

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    • Elena Szeliga says

      December 25, 2019 at 12:15 pm

      Hi Fay, no. It's preparation time. You don't have to heat it although you could if you want. Then I would use this recipe: Baked Pears with Gorgonzola and Honey. Hope you enjoy it!

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