Honey-Ricotta Pear

Ingredients

• 1 ripe Anjou or Bosc pear
• 1/2 a lemon
• 1/2 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
• Honey
• for drizzling
• 1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts

Instructions

1. 1.
2. Halve and core the pear, then cut into slices, leaving the stem-end intact and not cutting through to separate the slices.
3. Squeeze the lemon juice over the cut side of the pear halves.
4. 2.
5. Season the ricotta with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, then place in 2 mounds on a plate.
6. Top the ricotta mounds with the sliced pear halves, gently fanning out the slices.
7. Drizzle the pears with honey and sprinkle with the pine nuts.