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Ingredients
Grilled Pears with Gorgonzola and Walnuts
- Ingredients
- 6 Pear (each about 5 ounces)
- 1 Vanilla bean
- ¾ cup white wine (or pear juice)
- 2 ozs cane sugar
- 2 Tbsps liquid honey
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 5 ozs Gorgonzola
- 3 ozs Walnut
Peel, quarter and remove cores from pears. Cut vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape out seeds.
In a pot, combine white wine, sugar (omit sugar if using pear juice instead of wine), honey, vanilla bean seeds and cinnamon. Puree mixture and bring to a boil over medium heat.
Add pears and cook over medium heat, 7-8 minutes. With a slotted spoon, lift pears out and drain.
Lightly grease 6 large pieces of foil. Lay the pears on foil pieces and drizzle with a little of the pear cooking liquid.
Crumble Gorgonzola. Roughly chop walnuts.
Divide cheese and nuts over the pears.
Seal edges of foil packets. Transfer to a hot charcoal grill (or place under the oven broiler) and cook for about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie | 277 cal. | (13 %) | ||
Protein | 7 g | (7 %) | ||
Fat | 17 g | (15 %) | ||
Carbohydrates | 23 g | (15 %) | ||
Sugar added | 2 g | (8 %) | ||
Roughage | 5 g | (17 %) |
Healthy, because
The low acidity of pears makes them easy to digest, while their high content of soluble fiber has positive effects on the metabolism. The fiber binds cholesterol-containing bile acids in the intestines, helping to remove cholesterol from the blood.
Even smarter
If you are not a fan of blue cheese, you can replace it with a more mild cheese such as Brie or Camembert. We suggest this salad with fennel as a side to this dish.