Ingredients

• 6 Bosc pears
• 1 bottle Riesling wine (sweet)
• 2 cups sugar - granulated
• juice of 1 lemon
• 2 cups Stilton cheese (crumbled)
• 1 cups walnuts (chopped)
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup maple syrup

Instructions

1. Peel the skin off of the pears and then core from the bottom
2. Combine the Riesling, granulated sugar and lemon juice in a sauce pan
3. Bring the wine mixture to a simmer and drop the pears in
4. Cook pears until just fork tender (approximately 15 minutes)
5. Remove pot from heat - let pears steep in mixture overnight in refrigerator
6. Put honey & maple syrup in small sauce pot and simmer for 1/2 hour (stir constantly)
7. Remove from heat and cool in refrigerator
8. Remove pears from liquid and carefully pat dry with paper towel
9. Slice the pears as thin as possible (on the cross section)
10. Arrange the first slice of pear on the plate
11. Put a teaspoon of Stilton and a 1/2 teaspoon of walnuts scattered on top
12. Put the next pear slice on top and continue till assembled
13. Spoon the thickened honey & maple syrup mixture over the top
14. Enjoy!

Chef