Pears with blue cheese cream

Name: Pears with blue cheese cream
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Boil
Ingredients: 125.00 ml orange juice; 65.00 ml brandy; 1.00 lemon juice; cinnamon stick; 2.00 ml vanilla essence; 15.00 ml sugar; 4.00 pears; 125.00 ml blue cheese grated; 125.00 ml ricotta cheese or fromage frais; fresh mint to serve

4 servings

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (10)

125.00 ml	orange juice
65.00 ml	brandy
1.00	lemon juice
	cinnamon — stick
2.00 ml	vanilla — essence
15.00 ml	sugar
4.00	pears
125.00 ml	blue cheese — grated
125.00 ml	ricotta cheese — or fromage frais
	fresh mint — to serve

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Method:

Bring first 6 ingredients to boil.
Halve, core and peel pears and add to liquid. Cook until just soft. Remove from liquid, cover and keep warm.
Boil liquid over high heat so that it thickens slightly. Return pears to liquid while preparing cheese mixture.
Mix blue cheese with ricotta to form a paste.
Arrange pears on a plate, spoon over syrup and top with a dollop of blue cheese cream and a sprig of mint.