Grilled pears with Gorgonzola and drizzled honey (Barbecue and Grilling)

 

              Ripe, fresh pears and pungent blue cheese make a delicious combination. Grilled, they're spectacular. Serve as a salad over dressed greens, as part of a cheese course or as a dessert.

Serves 4

• 4 ripe but somewhat firm Bartlett or Bosc pears (unpeeled), halved lengthwise
• Melted unsalted butter
• ½ cup Gorgonzola or other creamy blue cheese
• Liquid honey
• Toasted chopped hazelnuts

1. Prepare a hot fire in your grill.
2. Using a melon baller, core an scoop out a small cavity in each pear half ; brush both sides of each pear half with melted butter.
3. Place pears cut side down over the hot fire ; grill for about 2 minutes, or until fruit is blistered.
4. Move to the indirect fire of the grill and place skin side down ; mound 1 tablespoon cheese in the cavity of each pear ; close the lid and grill for about 8 minutes, or until pears are blistered and cheese is melted.
5. Serve drizzled with honey and garnished with hazelnuts.

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