Pomegranate with Pears and Goat Cheese
Pomegranate with Pears and Goat Cheese
A simple yet elegant dish that can be served for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert or a midnight snack with Prosecco on New Year’s Eve. At The Carriage House Inn Bed and Breakfast, in Lynchburg, VA, we have served this as our fruit course, during our legendary 4-course breakfast. This recipe only takes minutes to make and is delicious. The other nice thing about this recipe is there is NO cooking and minimal cleanup. A couple years ago we planted pomegranate trees and we now serve our own pomegranates. Here is a link for step by step instructions on how to get the seeds, also know as arils out of the fruit. The nice thing about the arils is you can freeze them and enjoy them for months. You still might be able to find some pomegranates in the produce section at your grocery store.
Once you have de-seeded your pomegranate, make sure the seeds are dry. Arrange them in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet lined with wax paper. Place in freezer for 2 hours or until frozen. Once frozen, put them into a freezer bag or container and store them in the freezer.
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces fresh goat cheese, about 1/2 cup
- 4 firm-ripe pears, Bartlett or Bosc, halved lengthwise
- honey, for drizzling
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds, from 1/2 of a large pomegranate
Instructions:
Stir goat cheese in a small bowl until smooth. Core pear halves with a melon baller and fill each cavity with 1 Tablespoon cheese. (Pears can then be sliced again into smaller wedges.) Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.
Of course if you can find local honey that is a big bonus as local honey helps you with allergies you might have from local sources. The Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg has several beehives and they sell their honey. It is appropriately called, Died and gone to heaven honey.
We hope you enjoy Pomegranate with Pears and Goat Cheese as much as our guests did!