Photo: Alexander Maasch
Pickled pears & cheese platter
9 ingredients
20 min + 35 min
Serves 8
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This stunning prepare-ahead starter can be served on individual plates, or just gather everyone around for drinks in the kitchen
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
757
Calories
22g
Protein
14g
Fat
137g
Carbs
Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Cheese | 1 oz (28g) cheddar | 113 |
| Pear | 1 medium (178g) | 101 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Cider | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Salad | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 500ml perry or cider vinegar
- 250g golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp pink peppercorns
- 1 tbsp white or yellow mustard seeds
- 10 cloves
- 8 small firm-ish pears
- large loaf of walnut or other nutty brown bread with a good crust
- good wedge (about 700g) of strong cheese, like Stilton or Stichelton or a firmish goat's cheese
- few winter salad leaves
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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