Brandied Blue Cheese, Walnut and Pear Crostini

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Just adding some of my favourite recipes from days of yore so that I remember them...
From Best of Bridge, a Year of the Best, which I bought at Pharmasave in Humboldt before I went to Scotland, thinking I had to write down recipes in a book that I would bring along with me. I know how important it was to write down a recipe to make cranberry scones while living in in a hostel.

4 oz (125g blue cheese, crumbled)
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp brandy
1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

16 baguette slices
1 ripe pear, thinly sliced

Bring cheese and butter to room temperature (30 minutes). Mash with fork until smooth. Stir brandy and walnuts into cheese mixture. Place baguette slices on cookie sheet. Toast one side under broiler. Turn and place a slice of pear on untoasted side. Top pear with teaspoonful of cheese mixture. Broil 4-5" from heat for about 2 minutes, or until cheese melts and is bubbly.


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