Photo: Leigh Loftus
Even though the tongue is covered in taste buds, about 75% of what we taste actually comes from our sense of smell. Our mouths can only detect four distinguish four tastes: bitter, sour, salty and sweet.
Even though there are times when I’ll specifically crave sweets or savory, there are other times when a combination of flavors are the only thing that will fit the bill. Sweet and salty is a popular combination of flavors: a slice of bacon wrapped around a sweet date, a tangy cheese topped with a sweet chutney.
So when I was party-recipe shopping a few weeks ago and found the blue cheese on sale and aftewr several indecisive laps around the grocery store, decided that pear and prosciutto would be the winning combination.
The best part about these is that they’re so easy to assemble that you’ll have no problem delegating them out to friends who arrive early to your dinner party or to a significant other doing his or her due diligence in the kitchen.
Photo: Leigh Loftus
- 2 pears (such as Bosc or Bartlett), each cut into 8 wedges
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup arugula
- 3 ounces brie cheese, cut into small pieces
- 6 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, cut in half lengthwise
- In a large bowl, toss the pears and lemon juice. Layer a slice of pear, an arugula leaf, and a piece of cheese on a piece of prosciutto and roll up. Serve immediately.
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Ali
April 6, 2010 at 8:21 pmI worked at a restaurant that did a salad version of this, but with the addition of spinach, a light honey mustard dressing, pecans and thinly sliced red onion rings. Please try it out if you love the pear/blue cheese/prosciutto combination.
Dhara Patel
March 3, 2010 at 8:11 amHi Maris it’s Dhara from Edelman! Love your blog — to make a quick lunch out of this you can also get some focaccia crisp/heat up the bread in a pan with some butter (as you would with grill cheese) or even a panini press, place the pears, gorgonzola, and I like to drizzle some honey, which pairs perfectly with the prosciutto and arugula. Fry it up and at the last minute add some arugula and the prosciutto so it doesn’t wilt/cook in the heat! This is one of my bf’s fav quickie dinners I put together for us along with a side of tossed salad or soup!
Sarah Caron
March 3, 2010 at 6:59 amOh, that sounds like a perfect matching of flavors. I love everything in this. YUM!
The Food Hunter
March 2, 2010 at 11:29 pmsounds wonderful
Jessica
March 2, 2010 at 10:27 pmOh my god. I love pears, blue cheese and proscuitto. Oh baby jesus I want some now.
thatShortChick
March 2, 2010 at 7:55 pmpear and gorgonzola? oh yum. I love pears paired with good cheeses.
kat
March 2, 2010 at 9:03 amI’m so with you, in fact I’m making pasta tonight with pears, prosciutto & blue cheese
Kalyn
March 2, 2010 at 8:57 amOh wow, this sounds so perfect to me. I’m not a big fan of fruit in general (yes, I know it’s so healthful but I’ve never been a fruit eater.) But I love pears (and gorgonzola!)
Daryl
March 2, 2010 at 5:17 amWhat a gorgeous picture. It all looks like it goes together so well. Looks good enough to eat!