Pears Baked With Roquefort Cheese

Ingredients

• ¼ cup ground walnuts
• 4 tablespoons Roquefort cheese, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 4 ripe but firm Bartlett pears
• 1 cup dry white wine

4 servings

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Combine the walnuts, cheese and lemon juice in a bowl, mashing the ingredients together to make a paste.
3. Peel, halve and core the pears. Stuff the cavity of each pear half with a spoonful of the Roquefort mixture, mounding it up slightly. Place the stuffed pears in a shallow baking dish and pour the wine around them.
4. Bake about 30 minutes, until the pears are tender. Allow to cool about 20 minutes before serving.