45 blue cheese cream pears Recipes

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

water, sugar, barely ripe pears, halved ,seeds removed and 1/4 inch trimmed off the bottom of each pear half so it will stand upright, heavy cream, salt, gorgonzola dolce blue cheese , cut into 6 attractive pieces.

watercress, pears, sliced, chicken or veggie stock, salt and pepper, heavy or double cream, juice of 1 lime, croutons, butter, olive oil, cubed stale bread, chopped stilton cheese (or other blue with similar pungency)

butter, sugar, pears, peeled and diced, garlic, chopped, red wine vinegar, salt, freshly ground black pepper, extra-virgin olive oil, stilton cheese, crumbled (or any other blue cheese), endive spears, pecan halves or 25 pieces, toasted, watercress sprigs, for garnish, cream cheese (for presentation)