Gorgonzola-Pear Appetizer Toasts

Submitted by KateL

"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: 11mins
• Ingredients: 9
• 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.