Caramelized Pears with Blue Cheese and Ginger Gastrique
Caramelized Pears with Blue Cheese and Ginger Gastrique is a gluten free and vegetarian side dish. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 250 calories. A mixture of water, bosc pears, champagne vinegar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Combine first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan over high heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 8 minutes), stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves.
Drain mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl, reserving cooking liquid; discard solids. Cool.
Melt brown sugar and butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook 2 minutes. Stir in chopped thyme, juice, and salt.
Add pears, cut-side down, to pan. Reduce heat to low; cook 2 minutes or until tender, turning once.
Arrange 2 pear wedges on each of 4 plates; drizzle pears evenly with pan juices.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons cheese over each serving; top each serving with 2 tablespoons reserved cooking liquid.
Sprinkle with black pepper.
Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.