Pears and Stilton

8 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe pears
  • 3 ounces blue Stilton cheese
  • 3 tablespoons curd cheese
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 12 tablespoon poppy seed
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper
  • fresh watercress leaf, to garnish

Directions

  1. 1
    First make the dressing.
  2. 2
    Place the olive oil, lemon juice and poppy seeds in a screw-topped jar and shake until emulsified.
  3. 3
    Cut the pears in half lengthwise, then scoop out the cores and cut away the calyx from the rounded end.
  4. 4
    Beat together the Stilton, curd cheese and a little pepper.
  5. 5
    Divide this mixture among the cavities in the pears.
  6. 6
    Shake the dressing to mix it again, and then spoon it over the pears.
  7. 7
    Serve garnished with watercress.

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