Pears and Blue Cheese
By: Frank Fariello
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




4 Pears, peeled, halved & cored.]
2 French champagne, glasses of OR- white burgundy.]
1/2 Lemon, juice of.]
1 3/4 ounces Blue vein cheese
2 tablespoons Sour cream
Salt
Pepper
Paprika
Lettuce
Basil, fresh leaves
Onion rings

Preparation

1 Peel, halve and core the pears and marinate in the 2 glasses of wine, and lemon juice for 30 minutes. 2 Mash the blue vein cheese, sour cream and season with salt and pepper. 3 Drain the pears, fill centres with cheese mixture, dust with paprika. 4 Serve on a bed of lettuce leaves with fresh basil and onion rings.