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Pear and Goat Cheese Bruschetta

September 15, 2011 by Maureen 10 Comments

Some of you know I had a bout of vertigo recently that really set me behind in my regular job. Orgasmic Chef is a labor of love but it doesn’t pay the bills so it must come after I’ve helped to put a roof over our heads. I’d gotten back into the swing of things and I felt a lump under my right arm – about the size of a baseball, so I was more than a little concerned. Turns out it was the beginning of shingles. Thankfully today there are drugs you can take if you get to it early enough but that’s where I’ve been. I didn’t want to say anything because I felt like a freakin’ hypochondriac.

Anyway, I’m back.  I go to a local cooking demonstration class every Friday and recently we had a guest presentation by David Bitton, a chef and entrepreneur visiting from Sydney.  He came to Australia after meeting some Australians in France where he began his life and quickly established himself as a good chef. Years later, he’s married with children and he and his wife have created Bitton Gourmet — heaps of wonderful sauces and spice blends.

David started his presentation with the best bruschetta I’ve tasted in a long time. Who knew that the combination of pears, goat cheese, onions and chives would make my mouth sing to the heavens? Certainly not me but that’s what happened!

goat cheese and pear bruschetta

Now that I look at the photos, maybe they don’t look as fantastic as I thought they did before I popped them into my mouth, but trust me.  You need to try these.  They are definitely orgasmic.

ingredients for pear and goat cheese bruschetta

Preparations for the bruschetta take only a few minutes and then they’re popped in a big bowl. David mixed the cheese with the ingredients and then the he added some of his lemon dressing (he sells his products worldwide) and placed the mixture on some lovely toasted slices of baguette.

After they were plated he drizzled some of his orange jelly (more like a sauce to me) over the top.  If you would like to be a hero at your next gathering, try this.  Even if you have to make your own lemon dressing and orange jelly.  It’s worth the effort.

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Pear and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
 
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Prep time
12 mins
Cook time
5 mins
Total time
17 mins
 
This is a wonderful appetizer combining the sweetness of the pear, the tartness of the dressing and the creaminess of the cheese. delicious!
Author: David Bitton
Recipe type: appetizer
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 red onion very finely diced
  • 2 firm pears finely diced
  • 2 tablesp finely sliced chives
  • 320 grams Goat Cheese
  • 125 mls of Bittons Lemon Dressing
  • 1 tablesp Bittons Orange Jelly to serve
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients except lemon dressing
  2. Add dressing to taste and to combine
  3. Spoon onto toasted bruschetta
  4. Using a small spoon, drizzle completed bruschetta with orange jelly to serve
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Now, here’s a trick for you that we learned at the demonstration.  How often have you cut a mango and wished it looked like the ones in the photos?  If you’re like me you cut down the side and then score the fruit (sometimes going through the skin) and then popping the little pieces off.  Well, here’s a new way that I’m dying to try.  It’s just beginning to be mango season and I couldn’t be happier.  I love love love mango.

Cut down the front and back of the mango to get the cheeks and then run the knife down the two edges.  You should have 4 pieces of mango.  Cut the large cheeks into two pieces lengthwise.

Now here’s the trick!  Get a large wine glass and take your piece of mango and put the skin of the mango to the outside of the glass and push down.  The mango falls into the wine glass in one piece and the skin goes down the side completely with no waste of mango.  (you won’t need to take a bath after licking the inside of the skin – or maybe I’m the only one who does that?)

David Bitton peeling a mango

How simple is that?

 

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Comments

  1. sportsglutton says

    September 16, 2011 at 8:20 am

    I’m not sure I would have thought to combine those ingredient for a bruschetta, but it does sound amazing. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Karriann Graf says

    September 16, 2011 at 10:01 am

    What a great combination of flavors! Interesting!

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  3. Baker Street says

    September 16, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Sounds delicious. Love the combination of those flavors.

    Reply
  4. Kitchen Butterfly says

    September 19, 2011 at 1:06 am

    Love, love, love the combo……sweet and creamy with crust! Yum!!

    Reply
  5. Jamie says

    September 23, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    Mmmm is that lemon-orange sauce dribbled over the top? Fabulous! I am not a pear eater at all but still think pears with cheese is a fabulous combination and I am so tasting it with the tang of that little drizzle of lemon-orange. These are fantastic!

    Reply
  6. Bruce Mackay says

    September 27, 2011 at 2:32 pm

    I will have to try this orange lemmon sause sounds very good not sure about the brushetta with goat cheese it may have to be some different cheese I am not sure if I am thinking of the right flavor. I really like the wine glass trick that is cool.

    Reply
  7. the chef says

    September 29, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    want to try this food! started to crave for this….waaaa!

    Reply
  8. Curt says

    November 23, 2011 at 12:16 am

    Wow, this looks and sounds delicious. It’s gotta be the red onions that gets me, but I love pear and cheese!

    Reply
  9. Curt says

    January 4, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    This really sounds delicious! I love the onions and pears together!

    Reply
  10. Erica says

    January 19, 2012 at 10:54 am

    Om gosh girl! You have really had a lot going on! Hope you are feeling 100 percent better! Love the flavor combo here!!

    Reply

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