A delicious and simple dessert packed with punch for an entertaining presentation
15 minutes
45 minutes
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INGREDIENTS AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE AT CULTURES FOR HEALTH
Fresh Cheese Making Kit
Fresh Cheese Making Kit
$45.99
Our most comprehensive choice, the Fresh Cheese Kit contains two starter cultures and supplies to make five different varieties of soft cheese - feta, cottage cheese, cream cheese, fromage blanc, and traditional quark. Kit contains a Mesophilic Cheese Culture, a Fresh Cheese Culture, calcium chloride, vegetable rennet, cheese salt, butter muslin, a thermometer, and an instruction and recipe booklet.
Packaging and Equipment in the kit may appear different than pictured.
Buttermilk Starter
Buttermilk Starter
$12.99
This heirloom culture makes batch after batch of traditional cultured buttermilk right on your countertop, easy as pouring milk in a jar. Bake with your buttermilk or add it to cream to make cultured butter.
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INGREDIENTS:
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 3 ripe but firm pears, such as Anjou or Bosc, halved and cored
- 4 Tbsp. raw honey, preferably local
- 2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- 4 ounces blue cheese
- 3 Tbsp. pine or pepita nuts
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Melt unsalted butter in a cast-iron pan over medium heat until it begins to brown. Try not to stir it during the melting and browning process.
- Place the halved pears face down in the pan and drizzle the honey into the melted butter. Keep heat on medium, cover and pears cook until they are tender, about 12 to 15 minutes. Remove pears and let them cool.
- Add salt and nuts to pan and stir gently until the sauce thickens. Crumble blue cheese in the center of the pears and drizzle with the caramel sauce.
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Garnish with fresh basil or mint sprigs. Serve immediately.
