Best 4 Fresh Pears With Gorgonzola Honey And Walnuts Recipes

**Fresh Pears with Gorgonzola, Honey, and Walnuts: A Delightful Appetizer or Dessert**

This article showcases a collection of tantalizing recipes featuring fresh pears paired with the distinctive flavors of Gorgonzola cheese, sweet honey, and crunchy walnuts. These combinations create a symphony of textures and flavors that are perfect for both appetizers and desserts. From simple and elegant platters to more elaborate tarts and salads, these recipes offer a range of options to suit any occasion. Whether you're seeking a quick and easy snack, a refreshing light meal, or an impressive party dish, this article has something for every palate. Discover the perfect balance of sweet, salty, and savory in these culinary creations, each offering a unique take on the classic combination of pears, Gorgonzola, honey, and walnuts.

Here are our top 4 tried and tested recipes!

PEAR, GORGONZOLA & WALNUT SALAD

Pear, Gorgonzola & Walnut Salad image

The light and refreshing vinaigrette in this side salad offsets the tangy funk of Gorgonzola and sweetness from the raisins and pears. Even better, this salad celebrates fall and has beautiful colors. Feel free to get creative with this salad: Add chicken to make it meal-worthy, choose a different nut or swap Bosc pears for your favorite variety. Be sure to wait to dress this salad until ready to serve or the greens will wilt.

Provided by Sarah Epperson Loveless

Categories Healthy Lettuce Recipes

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
4 cups mixed baby lettuces
1 medium ripe Bosc pear, thinly sliced
¼ cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
¼ cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
¼ cup golden raisins

Steps:

Whisk together oil, lemon juice, honey, thyme, mustard, pepper and salt in a large bowl. Add lettuce and gently toss to combine. Top with sliced pear, Gorgonzola, walnuts and raisins. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 207 calories, Carbohydrate 21 g, Fat 14 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 282 mg, Sugar 13 g

FRESH PEARS WITH GORGONZOLA, HONEY, AND WALNUTS

Fresh Pears with Gorgonzola, Honey, and Walnuts image

For a simple yet sophisticated DIY dessert, serve cut-up fruit alongside cheese, nuts, and a small bowl of honey.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

2 ripe pears, such as Bartlett or Anjou, cut into spears
6-ounce wedge Gorgonzola Dolce
1/2 cup toasted walnut halves
Honey, for drizzling

Steps:

Arrange pears, cheese, walnuts, and a small bowl of honey on a serving board. To serve, smear spears of pear with cheese, walnut, and a drizzle of honey.

SWEET PEAR AND GORGONZOLA SALAD WITH ROCKET, WATERCRESS, WALNUTS, AND ORANGE FLOWER HONEY

Sweet Pear and Gorgonzola Salad with Rocket, Watercress, Walnuts, and Orange Flower Honey image

This salad first appeared in Robin Leach's Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (1986) cookbook and became an instant hit in my restaurants because the intense flavor of pears is concentrated by long and slow heating. Whenever a recipe calls for fruit to accompany meat, game or poultry (as in duck with pears), this is the best way I know to bring out the flavors of the fruit, giving a commercial product a new lease on life, as if it were ripe fruit fresh from a farm in Oregon or Long Island. The process is oven drying, slowly evaporating all that Colorado River irrigation water from the fruit without cooking it. Do the same thing with halved apples, peeled slice pineapple, quinces, plums, apricots (especially since they tend to be the most ruined by growers), peaches and figs. If you can find Zante or Champagne grapes, they are the perfect garnish for this dish, but Concords would not be bad either. I also like to make this salad with ripe white peach and rose peppercorns sprinkled over the peaches and cheese.

Provided by Food Network

Time 1h20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

4 ripe Comice pears
1 tablespoon salt, plus pinch
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Pinch freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup walnut oil
1 bunch watercress, washed, spin dried, stemmed
1 bunch rocket, washed, spin dried, stemmed
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
1/4 pound Gorgonzola, rind removed, crumbled
1/2 cup walnuts, toasted, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons orange flower honey
1/2 cup edible flowers, such as sage, rocket blossoms, rose petals, or nasturtiums
Champagne grapes, as needed for garnish

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Slice the pears in half lengthwise. Rub each half with a pinch of salt. Put parchment paper on a tray just large enough to hold the pears, and spread the sugar on the paper. There should be a 1/8-inch layer. Put the pear halves cut side down on the sugar and bake for 1 hour. When the pears are cool enough to handle, remove the cores and slice them crosswise into 1/8-inch sections.
Put the lemon juice in a salad bowl with salt and pepper and mix to dissolve the salt, then whisk in the oil. Arrange the slices of pear 1 pear per plate, in 1 layer in the center of the plate, leaving a 3-inch gap in the center for the watercress and the rocket. Scatter the cheese and then the walnuts over the pears, and then drizzle the honey on top of the walnuts and cheese.
Put the watercress, rocket, and basil in the salad bowl and toss together. Then place the salad in the center of the pears.
Garnish with the flowers.

MARSALA HONEY PEARS WITH GORGONZOLA

Marsala Honey Pears with Gorgonzola image

With all due respect to De Gaulle and his countrymen, I would happily forgo each and every one of France's 246 cheeses for 1 wedge of gorgonzola. For me, it is the king of cheeses, the queen of cheeses, the grand empress of cheeses. This dish is my way of paying respects to it, although I own I am perfectly happy to eat it all alone (both me and the cheese). If you want cheese at the end of a dinner party, then this is the way to do it. And while it's not an Italian recipe, it is entirely Italian in inspiration. For me it's Autumn in Milan cast in food.

Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 15m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 pears (approximately 1 pound total weight) each cut into 1/8's unpeeled and uncored)
2 tablespoons olive oil (regular, not extra-virgin)
3 tablespoons Marsala
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup walnut halves
1 pound ripe gorgeous Gorgonzola in perfect condition; it should never have seen the inside of your fridge

Steps:

While you are cutting the pears, let the oil heat in a large frying pan/skillet.
Fry the pears for 3 minutes a side, and while they are frying whisk the Marsala and honey together in a cup.
When the pears have had their time, add the Marsala-honey mixture and let it bubble up around the pears, and then transfer them, all bronzed and syrupy, to a plate.
Add the walnuts to the dark juices left in the pan and stir-fry them for about a minute until they are themselves darkened in part and sticky all over. Remove them to the plate with the pears and add the Gorgonzola.

Tips:

Choose ripe but firm pears for this recipe. Overripe or mushy pears will not hold their shape well.
Use a variety of pears for different flavors and textures. For example, try using Bosc pears for a sweet and slightly spicy flavor, or Bartlett pears for a milder flavor. You could even try using Asian pears, which have a crisp texture and a slightly sweet flavor.
If you don't have gorgonzola cheese, you can substitute another type of blue cheese, such as Roquefort or Stilton.
Use a good quality honey for this recipe. The honey will help to balance out the saltiness of the cheese and the bitterness of the pears.
Toast the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until they are fragrant and slightly browned. This will bring out their nutty flavor.
Serve this dish immediately after it is assembled, while the pears are still warm and the cheese is melted.

Conclusion:

This recipe for fresh pears with gorgonzola, honey, and walnuts is a delicious and elegant appetizer or dessert. It is easy to make and can be prepared in just a few minutes. The combination of sweet pears, salty cheese, and nutty walnuts is sure to please everyone at your table. So next time you are looking for a quick and easy appetizer or dessert, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!