Blue cheese and pear snacks for wine lovers

Ingredients

• 1/2 baguette, a day-old baguette works the best,
• 1 soft pear,
• 1/2 pound of any hard blue cheese--it can be Bleu d'Auvergne or Stilton,
• 1/2 stick of butter,
• 1/2 cup of walnuts.

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 375F. Cut the entire baguette in 1/4 inch thick slices and spread butter on them.
• Peel off the pear, remove seeds and cut in quarters, then slice them across diagonally into thin slices.
• Arrange the baguette on the baking tin buttered side up, and put a slice of pear on each piece.
• Cover pear slices with slices of blue cheese and top with halves of walnuts.
• Bake for that between 20-30 minutes, until cheese melts slightly, walnuts get roasted and the baguette turns gold.
• Serve warm with wine.