Caramelised pears, chicory and grilled goat’s cheese

Name: Caramelised pears, chicory and grilled goat’s cheese
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 20 g unsalted butter; 2 ripe pears, peeled, quatered and cored; 4 x 50 g individual portions of goat’s cheese; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 50 ml olive oil; 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar; 2 red chicory; ½ bunch watercress; 1 teaspoon caster sugar; 15 g walnuts

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

Warm pears and goat’s cheese, together with fresh chilled watercress and chicory, create a delicious combination of sweet, salty and bitter flavours with a contrast of hot and cold.

Ingredients

2 ripe pears, peeled, quatered and cored
20 g unsalted butter
1 teaspoon

Side dish
Simple
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Cut the pear quarters in half lengthways. Melt the butter in a pan and add the pears. Cook for 2 minutes, add the sugar and walnuts and cook for a further 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and keep to one side.
Trim the root off the chicory and separate into individual leaves, then cut the leaves in half lengthways and place in a bowl. Add the watercress and dres