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Easy
Published 1975
This is a very fine cold savoury belonging to the English autumn. It depends on excellent pears, fine Stilton and new walnuts.
Peel, halve and core the pears very shortly before eating, and squeeze a little lemon juice over them to keep them white. Lay each half on a crisp lettuce leaf. Cream the Stilton with the butter and a good pinch of coarsely ground black pepper. Pile 2 or 3 teaspoonfuls in the centre of each half of pear, and stick the walnut halves to the pile.
If the pears are very large, quarters can