Blue Cheese Stuffed Pears with Honey Appetizer
These blue cheese stuffed pears are becoming one of the most popular fall appetizers showing up on everyone’s table this season. A really simple dish to make, all you need are a couple of sweet pears, savory blue cheese and honey to finish off a soon to be favorite dish for everyone. An easy to make dish that will have friends, neighbors and family talking about it endlessly.
This is a great option to offer when any impromptu guests happen to come over unexpectedly and their looking for tasty bites or if you're craving something in particular and looking to make a quick snack for yourself. After making this tasty treat, you’ll always have blue cheese in your fridge and you'll never be out of pears.
A very popular take on this delicious easy to make dish is blue cheese, walnuts and truffle honey. I think anything topped off with truffle honey adds the perfect amount of sweetness to this savory dish. But if you had to switch it up, replacing the walnuts with candied pecans becomes an instant game changer.
Add this to the list of easy appetizers that involve very little to do for your next party. This can easily be turned into a main course by adding some arugula with lemon juice and making this into a pear and blue cheese salad. Plenty of other alternatives have included nuts, fruit preserves, lots of different herbs. etc. The options are endless.
Pear and Blue Cheese
Pear and blue cheese go so well together and is a great flavor combination. There are plenty of alternatives that have been used with bleu cheese and juicy pears combined.
A pear salad combined with baby spinach and creamy blue cheese dressing, and really any blue cheese appetizer mixed in with pears has always been a hit.
Creating hor d'oeuvres with these two ingredients like a puff pastry with pear slices and blue cheese topped with thyme leaves and honey is another delicious recipe that comes to mind. As well as a pear and blue cheese crostini, super easy to make on the spot.
Any of these savory flavors are perfect to be made into an elegant appetizer for special occasions.
If you have any of these ingredients in the house and you're looking for any quick and easy dinners for inspiration this fancy appetizer can be upgraded to a delicious dinner by adding steak or chicken. But we all know that blue cheese and steak is just the chef kiss of all things heavenly delicious.
What To Look For
Try using ripe pears when making this appetizer. They tend to cook through quicker and will be perfect to take out of the oven by the time the blue cheese has melted.
Experiment with different types of honey to use.
Orange blossom and Wildflower can hit differently and it's all about what your taste buds are really craving.
Truffle honey and hot honey are two great options as well.
Maple syrup has been another finishing touch alternative and of course, this goes without saying- make sure to use the all natural maple syrup that actually comes from maple trees.
Ingredients
3-4 bosc or Anjou pears
½ cup or more of crumbled blue cheese
Truffle Honey
How to make
Preheat oven 375 degrees
Scoop out the core with a melon baller
Place the bosc pears on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
Stuffed the pears with blue cheese crumbles
Bake for 20 minutes till blue cheese is golden brown and crusted into the pears
Take out of oven and let cool for 10 minutes
Finishing touches call for a drizzle of honey
This stuffed blue cheese pear starter is a crowd pleaser with everyone and anyone that loves a sweet and savory bite. A warm and cozy recipe that is ready to be made anytime for fall and winter. This will be a recipe that will certainly be on standby for Thanksgiving and Christmas day. And pretty much anytime during the holiday season.