Endive with Caramelized Pears and Blue Cheese

By KDCooks

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 1/2 cups chopped peeled Bosc pear (about 3 medium)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2/3 cup (about 3 ounces) crumbled blue cheese
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, toasted
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 24 small Belgian endive leaves (about 3 heads)
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Step 1

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray.

Add pear and sugar to pan; sauté 2 minutes or until tender. Cool.

Place pear mixture, blue cheese, walnuts, and salt in a bowl; stir gently to combine. Spoon about 1 1/2 tablespoons pear mixture into each endive leaf.

Arrange leaves on a platter; sprinkle evenly with parsley.