Prosciutto with carmalized pears


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Preparation Time:
20 Min
Serves:
6
Difficulty:
Moderate
Cost:
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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 Pears (bosc preferred) 12 sl (thin) prosciutto
3 tb Olive Oil (Ext-Virg. pref.) -(prosciutto di parma pref.)
Salt and feshly ground black 6 Sprigs of Watercress (or
- pepper - more to taste)
3 tb Blue cheese (gorgonzola 1/4 c Skinned toasted haxelnuts
- dolce* preferred) - (or walnuts)
3 tb Mascarpone cheese*

(* Availabel at Italian markets and some specialty food stores)

I. Heat oven to 375 deg. Wash and fry pears, slice them in half
lengthwise. Rub the pear halves all over with a tablespoon of olive
oil and season with salt and pepper. Place, cut side down, on a
heavy sheet pan and roast on a rack set low in the oven until soft
and cut sides have browned and caramelized (40 -45 min.)

II. Meanwhile, place blue cheese and mascarpone in mixer and cream
together. Tast and season with salt an pepper if desired. Set aside.
Arrange 2 slices of prosciutto on each of 6 plates and position a
watercress sprig on the side.

III. When the pears are soft, remove them from the oven. Remove
the cores with a spoon. (Recipe may be done aheat to this point.
Reheat oven before continuing.) Place 1 Tablespooon of the cheese
mixture into the hollow of each pear half. Return to the oven until
cheeses melt (5 -7 min.)

IV. Treansfer hlaf-pears, 1 to each plate. Drizzle a teaspoon of
olive oil over each and sprinkle with halzelnuts. Serve at once with
a fruity red wine such as dolcetto. From Laura Bernnan, sous chef at
Michela's, Boston, MA. published in Chicago Tribune Magazine, 2/14/93.

posted by Bud Cloyd.

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