Pickled pears & cheese platter

Name: Pickled pears & cheese platter
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 500 milliliters perry or cider vinegar; 250 grams golden caster sugar; 1 Tbsp pink peppercorns; 1 Tbsp white or yellow mustard seed; 10; 8 smalls firm pears; 1 large loaf walnut or other nutty brown bread with a good crust; 700 grams good wedge (about of strong cheese, like stilton or Stichelton or a firmish goats cheese; 3 leaves few winter salad

If you want to add more gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipes to your recipe box, Pickled pears & cheese platter might be a recipe you should try. This main course has 456 calories, 17g of protein, and 19g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 55 minutes. If you have cider vinegar, a firmish goat's cheese, mustard seed, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Pickled pears, Pickled Pears, and Pickled Seckel Pears.

Instructions

Put the vinegar, sugar and spices into a large saucepan with 500ml of water.

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Vinegar

Spices

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Heat gently to melt the sugar. Meanwhile, peel the pears, halve, then scoop out the core with a teaspoon or melon-baller.

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Melon

Pear

Sugar

Add the pears to the pan, they should be just about covered with the liquid, then bring to a simmer for 25-30 mins. Test the pears with a tip of a knife they should be just tender. Lift out with a slotted spoon and put into a large Kilner jar or a few smaller ones. Boil the liquid down to about 600ml, then pour over the pears to cover. Seal and store in the fridge for up to a week, before serving.

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Pear

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Slotted Spoon

Knife

Frying Pan

On Christmas Day, remove the pears from the fridge so they come up to room temperature. To serve, thickly slice and toast the bread and slice the cheese into thin wedges. Lift the pears from the jar and layer up with the cheese on a large platter or board, then scatter with some leaves.

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Cheese