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Pear, Blue Cheese, and Fig Napoleons

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 4 cheese-course servings

Ingredients

2 firm-ripe pears
3 to 4 ounces firm blue cheese (about 2/3 cup), crumbled
3 to 4 soft dried figs, stemmed and finely chopped (about 1/3 cup)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cut each pear lengthwise into 10 (1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick) slices (5 from one side, then 5 more from the opposite side), avoiding core and discarding rounded outermost slices.

    Step 2

    Layer 4 pear slices with cheese and fig on each of 4 plates, beginning with largest pear slices, and ending with smallest.

    Step 3

    Sprinkle any remaining cheese and fig around napoleons.

TagsFruit DessertDessertPearFruitBlue CheeseCheeseDairyFigDinnerGluten FreeVegetarianNut FreeQuickEasyNo-CookFallGourmet
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