Pear and Feta Bites Recipe
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Familiar flavors team up in an unexpected way for a great cocktail-party app.
This recipe was featured as part of our Fall Ingredients photo gallery.
INGREDIENTS
- 3 medium heads endive
- 3/4 cup small-dice feta cheese
- 2 cups small-dice pear
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
INSTRUCTIONS
- Trim the ends off the heads of endive and remove the leaves (you will need 30 to 40 leaves); set aside.
- Gently toss the feta, pear, lemon juice, olive oil, and coriander in a medium bowl until evenly coated. Season with salt and pepper and toss to coat well.
- Place 1 tablespoon of the cheese-pear mixture in each endive leaf and serve immediately.
al contadino non far sapere quant'è buono pere e pecorino! in Italy pears are always peared with pecorino - ther's even a proverb, don't let the farmer know how good pears with pecorino are ....or he'll eat them all!
Thank you for the orange segment and goat cheese recipe idea, that also sounds terrific!!!
This is going on my cocktail-party menu for this weekend, even before a trial run. Sounds excellent.
I'm a big fan of endive with orange segments and goat cheese, drizzled with a blend of balsamic vinegar and honey. Toasted walnuts are nice on this, too.
Feta strikes me as kind of salty and sharp for pears, but maybe you're onto something here...
Mm-mm, pears and feta. With endive! For a really attractive presentation, you could thinly slice pears, toss with the seasonings, fan out on the endive and crumble the feta over.
Or the other thing.