Ingredients

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons port wine (optional)
2 ounces good-quality blue cheese, room temperature
3 tablespoons low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
2 large ripe Comice pears

Directions

Combine lemon juice, honey and port (optional: water). Set aside. Combine blue and cream cheeses in a small bowl and mix well.

Core pears, leaving them whole. With a paring knife or small melon baller, scoop out a little more from the center of pears, being careful not to crack or split them. The cavities should be about 3/4 inch wide through the center of the pears.

With a butter knife, fill the hole in each pear with the blue cheese mixture, packing it tightly, and being careful again not to crack the pears. Peel the pears, then slice pears in half lengthwise. Put a half, cut side down, on each of 4 small plates.

Drizzle about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the dressing over each. Serves 4.