Gruyere with Pear Confit

Name: Gruyere with Pear Confit
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 larges firm Anjou or Bartlett pears, light green to yellow in color; 2 slices fresh ginger, about 1/4-inch thick; 113 grams Gruyere cheese; 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice; 118 milliliters light brown sugar, packed; 8 slices thin slices whole-grain bread, cut in half; 4 Tbsps (1/2 stick) unsalted butter

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Gruyere with Pear Confit a try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 556 calories, 17g of protein, and 23g of fat each. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have brown sugar, ginger, gruyere cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Peel the pears and cut them in half. Scoop out the seeds with a melon baller or cut them out with a knife. Slice thin and set aside. In a medium skillet, melt the butter over medium heat.

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Butter

Melon

Pear

Seeds

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Melon Baller

Frying Pan

Knife

Add the sugar and cook, stirring, until slightly browned, about 3 to 5 minutes.

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Sugar

Add the lemon juice and ginger and stir.

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Lemon Juice

Ginger

Add the pears and reduce the heat to low. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pear slices are tender and almost translucent and the mixture is thickened, about 30 minutes.

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Pear

Let cool to room temperature. To serve, shave the cheese with a vegetable peeler or a cheese slicer into thin shards. Toast the bread. Spoon a mound of confit in the center of each serving plate. Fan 4 pieces of toast around the top of the plate, and pile the cheese shards around the bottom.

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Vegetable