Viva Madrid Red Wine Pear and Blue Cheese Toasts

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat over to 350 degrees.
• Simmer wine, sugar and lemon juice and mix for about 10 minutes.
• Cut up pears into thin half moon slices.
• Simmer pears in wine until liquid begins to thicken slightly. You want a syrupy consistency, not molasses.
• Cut half of the baguette into slices (cut at an angle gives you wider slices).
• Grease a baking pan to fit the slices.
• Smear a layer of blue cheese on top of each piece of bread.
• Using tongs, gently place 2 poached pear slices on each piece of bread.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until bread looks lightly toasted.