Pears with Roquefort cream

Name: Pears with Roquefort cream
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: salt and freshly milled pepper; crisp lettuce, for serving; pinch of sugar; salt and freshly milled pepper; 3–4 tablespoons oil; juice of 1 lemon; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 3 oz (75 g) Roquefort cheese; 4 oz (100 g) fresh cream cheese; 2–3 tablespoons single cream; freshly milled pepper; 6 ripe dessert pears

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Katie Stewart’s Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

3 oz (75 g) Roquefort cheese
4 oz (100

Starter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

In a mixing bowl, mash the Roquefort and cream cheese together with a fork. Beat in the single cream to make a smooth mixture and season with freshly milled pepper. Chill until required.

Peel the pears and place in a bowl of cold water with lemon juice added to retain the colour. Combine all the ingredients for the dressing except chopped parsley. Halve the pears and scoop out the core