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whipped feta and hot honey stuffed pears

stuffed pears
[category] Appetizer, Side Dish
[published] December 4, 2021
[PREP] 10 minutes
[COOK] 15 minutes
[TOTAL] 25 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 3 pears (i like bosc or bartlett)
  • 4 oz feta cheese
  • 4 oz cream cheese at room temp
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1/2 tsp hot sauce (i like franks or sriracha)
  • pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 2 tbsp chopped pecans
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1/4 cup arugula

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375F. To make the hot honey, combine honey, hot sauce, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl. Stir to combine.
  2. Add feta cheese and cream cheese to a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is smooth. (If you don't have a food processor, you can just mix these together in a bowl. It will be chunkier, but works just fine.)
  3. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and add 1 tbsp of hot honey and pecans. Stir until combined.
  4. Slice the pears in half. Carefully cut the core out of each pear half. Using a spoon or a cookie scoop, scoop about 1-2 tbsp of the cheese mixture into each pear core.
  5. Transfer the filled pears to an oven safe dish. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the pears are soft. Remove from the oven and drizzle remaining hot honey on the pears and top with pomegranate seeds and arugula. Enjoy!