4 pear salad with nutty cheese Recipes

cream cheese, chopped pecans, mayonnaise, maraschino cherry juice, leaves of lettuce, pear halves, maraschino cherries, shredded cheddar cheese

blue cheese, crumbled, cream cheese, softened, butter, softened, worcestershire sauce, paprika, chopped pecans, pear halves in natural juice, drained, lettuce leaves

vinaigrette, champagne vinegar, mild honey, meyer lemon juice (a tad less regular lemon juice if meyers are not available), salt, coarsely ground black pepper, high-quality extra virgin olive oil (probably not the kind you cook with but the 1 you save to finish off special dishes), sliced (or tiny diced ) pancetta, olive oil (for cooking pancetta), firm, but ripe, pears, baby arugula or regular arugula torn into smaller pieces, ricotta salata or fresh parmesan (or percorino or other sharp, nutty hard cheese)