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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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Peared to Perfection

October 21, 2025 janet@janetfletcher.com

Cheese with pears. Pears with cheese. Either way, it’s a wonderful pairing. Or pearing. Serve honey-roasted pears with ricotta cream or Gorgonzola dolce. Add sliced red pears to a salad with crumbled Roquefort and toasted walnuts. Sometimes I’ll poach pears in a light Port syrup and then steep them overnight so they soak up the deep ruby color. Pair with any blue cheese you love and you have a gorgeous dessert. And then there’s the easiest finale ever: blue cheese, ripe pears and sweet wine. Hard to top that.

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Tags pears, pears with cheese, poached pears, Gorgonzola dolce, whipped ricotta
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