Gorgonzola-Pear Appetizer Toasts

Entered for safekeeping, from NY Times Magazine, 11/10/13. Gorgonzola is a love/hate cheese, which is lucky at a party because half will avoid it and the other half will gobble it up. I love the combinations of tastes and textures in this recipe.

• Ready In: 11 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 4 -6  ounces gorgonzola
• 1  pear, thinly sliced
• 4 -6  teaspoons honey
• 8  teaspoons walnuts, chopped
•  salt, to taste
•  pepper, to taste

• TOAST

• 1  baguette, sliced diagonally in 1/3-inch thick slices
• 4 -8  teaspoons olive oil, for basting
•  salt, to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Make toasts: Brush each slice of baguette with olive oil and season with salt. Toast in oven until golden and crisp.
3. Spread Gorgonzola cheese on toasts and top with 2 thin slices of pear. Drizzle honey over, then sprinkle walnuts. Season with salt and pepper to taste.