Oregon Blue Cheese and Pear Tartine
Servings: 2 to 3
A few little ingredients and a few minutes transports you to Oregon's Rogue Valley with this Blue Cheese and Pear tartine.
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Ingredients
- 6 slices baguette, sliced ½" thick on the diagonal
- olive oil
- 6- 8 ounces Oregon Blue cheese (or your favorite) sliced or crumbled
- 1 ripe pear, sliced horizontally ¼" thick, seeds removed
- 1½ Tbsp. honey
- ¼ cup toasted hazelnuts, coarsley chopped
- fresh thyme leaves for garnish
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Drizzle or brush both sides of the baguette sliced with olive oil. Toast lightly. Distribute the sliced or crumbled blue cheese on top of the toasted bread, and place under a hot broiler for 2-3 minutes, until it begins to bubble. Place pear sliced on top of the blue cheese, and broil again for another 2-3 minutes until the pears are warmed and look a bit juicy.
- Drizzle the pears with honey. Distribute the chopped hazelnuts over the tartine, and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Serve while hot.