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Pear Soup
Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Ingredients
6 pears
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon minced fresh sage leaves
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
Gray salt
Blue Cheese Bruschetta, recipe follows

Directions
Preheat broiler.

Peel, halve and core the pears. In a large bowl, toss pears with lemon juice to prevent oxidization.
Melt butter in an ovenproof skillet over medium-low heat, let cook until butter begins to brown. Add
sage to butter, allow to caramelize. Add brown sugar and a pinch of salt. Add pears to mixture, and
roll them around to coat thoroughly.

Broil pears in skillet, stirring occasionally, until pears are light brown, about 15 minutes.

Puree pears and brown butter mixture in a blender until smooth. Pour into room temperature soup
plates and serve with Blue Cheese Bruschetta. If preparing ahead of time, refrigerate and reheat
slightly before serving.

Ingredients
Blue Cheese Bruschetta:

Directions
1 loaf walnut bread or raisin bread
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese, crumbled

Preheat broiler.

Slice loaf into finger-wide slices. Cover each slice with butter, then top with blue cheese. Place

bread on cookie sheet and broil, with the door open, until the cheese begins to melt, about 30
seconds.

Yield: 5 to 8 servings