These prosciutto and blue cheese-wrapped roasted pears are like your favorite cheese platter, only warm. They make a great appetizer or an addition to a simple arugula or spinach salad.
Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:10 minutes
Total Time:20 minutes
Yield:2 - 4 Servings 1x
Category:Dinner, Lunch, Appetizers
Cuisine:New American
Ingredients
Scale
1 Bosc pear, slightly under ripe
8 spoonfuls of creamy gorgonzola cheese
4 slices prosciutto, sliced the long way so you have 8 long strips
Olive oil
3 ounces arugula or spinach
Balsamic reduction
Instructions
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Slice the pear in half from stem to stern and then in quarters. Cut out the core from each quarter pear. Slice each quarter into two slices, so you have a total of 8 pear slices.
Put a spoonful of gorgonzola in the middle of each pear slice and wrap the prosciutto strip around the middle securing the cheese onto the pear. Continue until you have 8 wrapped pear slices. Season with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.
Lightly oil a baking sheet and put all 8 wrapped slices on the baking sheet. Drizzle lightly with olive oil. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes until pears begin to brown and caramelize and the prosciutto begins to crisp.
Spread arugula or spinach over a serving platter and top with roasted pears. Finish with a light sprinkling of olive oil and balsamic reduction and a sprinkling of kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.