Name: Pear, Blue Cheese, and Fig Napoleons
Yield: Makes 4 cheese-course servings
Ingredients: 2 firm-ripe pears; 3 to 4 ounces firm blue cheese (about 2/3 cup), crumbled; 3 to 4 soft dried figs, stemmed and finely chopped (about 1/3 cup)

Recipe information

Yield
Makes 4 cheese-course servings

Ingredients

2 firm-ripe pears

3 to 4 ounces firm blue cheese (about 2/3 cup), crumbled

3 to 4 soft dried figs, stemmed and finely chopped (about 1/3 cup)

Preparation

Step 1
Cut each pear lengthwise into 10 (1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick) slices (5 from one side, then 5 more from the opposite side), avoiding core and discarding rounded outermost slices.
Step 2
Layer 4 pear slices with cheese and fig on each of 4 plates, beginning with largest pear slices, and ending with smallest.
Step 3
Sprinkle any remaining cheese and fig around napoleons.

TagsFruit Dessert Dessert Pear Fruit Blue Cheese Cheese Dairy Fig Dinner Gluten Free Vegetarian Nut Free Quick Easy No-Cook Fall Gourmet

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