Pears with Blue Cheese Dressing

Serves: to serve 4

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Ready In: 15 mins

Ingredients

4 small - ripe pears

4 teaspoons - lemon juice

8 oz - Danish blue cheese

10 oz - natural yoghurt

  - salt and pepper

TO GARNISH

6 - 8 - lettuce leaves

8 - 12 leaves - fresh mint

Directions

1. Peel the pears, keeping the stalks on. Carefully remove the cores from the larger end of the pear, using a small teaspoon. Be sure to keep the pear intact. Brush the pears with lemon juice to avoid discolouration. Cream the cheese until soft and use about 1oz (25g) to stuff each pear. Add the yoghurt to the remaining cheese and blend them well together. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
2. Shred the lettuce leaves and spread them on four plates. Stand a pear on each bed of lettuce and carefully coat with the cheese and yoghurt mix. Garnish the top of each pear (the stalk) with small mint leaves.