Baked Pears with Blue Cheese & Maple Syrup

Baked Pears with Blue Cheese & Maple Syrup (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023

This recipe is easy to make and pairs well with almost any dish…no pun intended. 🙂🍐
Tender and juicy pears, baked with blue cheese, mixed nuts, and maple syrup are the perfect appetizer or dessert for these warm summer days. A great combination of sweet, savory, and salty that will leave you satisfied.

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Ingredients

Pears
Blue Cheese & Mixed Nuts
Maple Syrup

You will need three pears, blue cheese, mixed nuts, and maple syrup. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking dish so that the bottom of the pears won’t stick. Wash and cut pears in half.

Use a melon ball scooper and carve out the center of each pear.

Make sure you carve out plenty of room for the blue cheese and mixed nuts. Arrange the pears in the baking dish.

Use about a half cup of blue cheese and place into the space carved out of the pears.

Add a half cup of mixed nuts. I used salted mixed nuts and roughly chopped them. Place the nuts on top of the blue cheese.

Bake the pears for 10 -12 minutes. Remove from the oven and add 3 tablespoons of maple syrup over the freshly baked pears. Add a few more mixed nuts if desired.

Baked Pears With Blue Cheese & Maple Syrup

Debra Roinestad (The Comfy Cabin)
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dessert
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 3 pears
  • ½ cup blue cheese
  • ½ cup mixed nuts
  • 3 tablespoon maple syrup

Instructions
 

  • You will need three pears, blue cheese, mixed nuts, and maple syrup. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking dish so that the bottom of the pears won't stick. Wash and cut pears in half.
  • Use a melon ball scooper and carve out the center of each pear.
  • Make sure you carve out plenty of room for the blue cheese and mixed nuts. Arrange the pears in the baking dish.
  • Use about a half cup of blue cheese and place into the space carved out of the pears.
  • Add a half cup of mixed nuts. I used salted mixed nuts and roughly chopped them. Place the nuts on top of the blue cheese.
  • Bake the pears for 10 -12 minutes. Remove from the oven and add 3 tablespoons of maple syrup over the freshly baked pears. Add a few more mixed nuts if desired.

Debra Roinestad

Tips & Tricks for Crystal Mining at Diamond Hill Mine South Carolina

Diamond Hill Mine, (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023

You will have a rocking-good time visiting Diamond Hill Mine in South Carolina. This mine has over six acres of soil filled with crystal quartz, amethysts, smoky quartz, epidote, and many other minerals!

The best time to go crystal hunting is early morning before the hot Carolina sun turns up the heat. Make sure to bring plenty of water and snacks with you. Digging for crystals is truly a cardio workout. 

The best place to find rocks and crystals is often to the side of the pit. Many will be digging downward and ignoring the sides and corners. Also, look around for loose rocks sitting on top of the soil. After heavy rainfall, hidden specimens will often be washed clean, revealing amazing crystals! 

Diamond Hill Mine, (c) Kurt Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023

Here are some other tips for crystal mining:

Dress in layers and wear an old pair of denim jeans. Jeans prevent any scratches, cuts, and scapes on your skin. You will be in a large pit filled with sharp rocks and debris for many hours. Also, the soil will stain your clothes permanently. 

Bring suntan lotion. Make sure to apply suntan lotion on your face and arms. It’s so easy to get sunburned looking for crystals. 

Wear Hiking boots. Bring hiking boots or wear shoes with a good grip when walking around. You will be climbing steep hills and will need that extra support. Also, consider using a walking stick. 

Bring Rock Hounding Tools. Rock lovers, you will need a basic rock-hounding kit for a successful crystal hunt. You will need work gloves, a pick, a long screwdriver, a shovel, a crowbar, a spray bottle filled with water to spray down your crystals, paper towels, newspapers, boxes, empty zip-lock bags, and an empty bucket to place your rocks. I used this basic rock-hounding tool kit that was helpful for my hunt.

Some of our crystal collection from Diamond Hill Mine, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023

Diamond Hill Mine is a great place to bring your family and friends. Also, it’s the perfect place for couples to work together as a team hunting for treasure. This place is truly a gem! 

Debra Roinestad

Vintage European style diamonds illustration. Original from the British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Address

100 Diamond Hill Road, Abbeville, S.C. 29620

Diamond Hill Mine Website

https://diamondhillmine.com/

Stunning Wildlife In The Woods Of South Carolina

Hey Friends,

Our trail cam has captured footage of many bears, deer, coyotes, raccoons, and ravens this month. The bears have been bold and stopped by a few times at our front door…yikes! Sometimes it gets a little too close for comfort. Black bears can smell food 2 miles away.

Black Bear At The Cabin (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023

Anyhoo, I decided to do something different with the trail cam videos. I have spliced together 20 short wildlife videos into one entire video for your enjoyment. Hopefully, this will make viewing the trail cam videos easier than clicking back and forth. Enjoy!

Kind Regards,
Debra Roinestad