Ingredients

The following ingredients have 6 Servings
  • 6 Pear (each about 5 ounces)
  • 1 Vanilla bean
  • 0.75 cup white wine (or pear juice)
  • 2 ozs cane sugar
  • 2 Tbsps liquid honey
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 5 ozs Gorgonzola
  • 3 ozs Walnut

Instruction

  • 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.