Bacon Wrapped Roasted Pears with Goat Cheese and Honey is an unforgettable unique appetizer for serving guests! This easy pear appetize recipe is a crowd-pleaser!
I have some Questions for you.
- Goat cheese. Have you ever had it roasted in the oven?
- Have you ever wanted to be wrapped in bacon?
- Pears. How do you feel about them?
As we all know, I’m not an huge fan of fall and winter fruit.
As it turns out, stuffing pears with goat cheese, engulfing them in bacon, roasting them in the oven, then razzle dazzling them with honey is a two thousand percent improvement upon the pear.
So if you’re already a pear fan, I can only imagine what these beauties will do for your soul!
As it turns out, scooping out the core of pears, stuffing them with goat cheese, wrapping them with bacon and roasting them in the oven is a recipe for a miracle.
Every bite it a melt-in-your mouth experience. If you’re looking for a fun and unique appetizer recipe, this may just be a great fit!
For those times you are entertaining guests, partaking in a holiday gathering, or are just looking for something new to bedazzle your life, these goat cheese stuffed pears are for you!
Let’s chat about the basic ingredients for this pear and goat cheese appetizer.
Ingredients For Goat Cheese Stuffed Pears:
Fresh Pears: Use any kind of pears, including bosc pears, Asian pears, bartlett pears, or red d’angou pears. For this easy recipe, I used bosc pears.
Goat Cheese: Pick your favorite kind of soft goat cheese (or goat chevre). I typically use regular goat cheese without any additional ingredients infused. Occasionally I use lavender infused goat cheese (by the brand Purple Haze).
Bacon: Go with thick cut bacon for the best results! I like using uncured bacon with no added sugar. You’re the captain of your ship, so pick a bacon you love!
Honey: A drizzle of honey brings pear appetizers together in an indescribable way! Be sure to use it!
Fresh Herbs: I like adding a little fresh rosemary, but fresh thyme, fresh parsley, and fresh sage are great options too. You can also keep it simple and mix Italian seasoning into the goat cheese.
Now that we’re familiar with the basic ingredients, let’s make some pear appetizers!
How to Make Goat Cheese Stuffed Pears:
- Line a baking sheet with foil. No need to preheat the oven!
- Halve the pears and core them (remove the seeds and tough stem).
- Stuff each pear half with 1 tablespoon (or desired amount) of goat cheese. Note: if you’d like, you can mix some fresh herbs or dried herbs into the goat cheese for some extra flavor.
- Wrap each pear half with 1 slice bacon, and place on the foil-lined baking sheet.
- Place baking sheet in cold oven; bake at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Turn broiler to high. Broil for 1 minute.
- Sprinkle a little sea salt over the roasted pear halves. Drizzle with honey and serve with a sprinkle of fresh rosemary.
Check out the Maple and Rosemary Toasted Cashews that are photographed with these pears!
So what you’ve got to do with these is make them as an appetizer for any occasion. Particularly for your Thanksgiving table next week!
They take about seven seconds to assemble and they can just hang out in your oven for 40 minutes, since it’s already going to be preheated and everything.
Spoiler alert: they perfume your home with bacon scent.
Stuff thy pears!
Bacon Wrapped Roasted Pears with Goat Cheese and Honey
Ingredients
- 4 large ripe bosc pears halved and cored
- 8 Tbsp goat chevre *
- 8 pieces thick-cut bacon
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with foil. Halve the pears and core them using a paring knife.
- Stuff each pear half with 1 tablespoon (or desired amount) of goat cheese.
- Wrap each pear half with 1 slice bacon, and place on the foil-lined baking sheet.
- Place baking sheet in cold oven; bake at 375degrees F for 40 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Turn broiler to high; broil 1 minute.
- Sprinkle a little sea salt over the pear halves, drizzle with honey and serve with fresh rosemary.
I’m majorly not into pears, as it turns out, but if anything could turn me and my wayward tastebuds around, it’s goat cheese and honey. And a good roast.
I hear ya girl, pears are not high on my priority list, either. The goat cheese + honey is a major improvement, and I bet some vegan coconut bacon sprinkled on top would be excellent, too! xoxo
I’ve never paired bacon with pears before! I don’t know why! These look wonderful.
OH EM Geepers! Get thee some bacon wrapped pears! It’s a real game changer, to be sure!
These are gorgeous, Julia! You can make the plates are crooked as you want, as long as you keep delivering me food like this. I won’t judge (OK, secretly I will judge you). 🙂
LOL this is why I use round plates most of the time…I just can’t get on board with symmetry, but I know I’m probably sending some of my readers into shock when I post unsymmetrical lines 😉 Let’s eat all the bacon-wrapped pears.
You are hilarious! I felt like you were doing a song and dance in my living room waxing poetic about these roasted pears with goat cheese and bacon. And now I want one for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. And dessert.
Ju, these pears looks absolutely beautiful and delicious! Excellent recipe for this time of the year! Thanks for sharing this recipe! Have a great week 😉
Thanks, Olivia! They’re so easy to whip up and they’re sooo tasty!
You can put that bacon right on my plate with one of these pears. Oh my, this recipe is amazing, like get-in-my-mouth amazing. Your photos are so purdy.
Cheers to an endless supply of bacon..and better yet, pears wrapped with bacon stuffed with CHEEZ!
food porn to the max.
Mmmmhmmm…thems’s real food porn beauts.
What a wonderful way to feature pears—-so delicious this time of year—-and serve an outstanding
appetizer.
Thanks, Carol! They are an excellent appetizer, indeed! Enjoy. xo
This looks unreal!! I need to try this
Yeeeeers, you totally do!! Let me know if you try them out – they’re easy to make, I promise!
Oh boy, so many good things happening on here. Bacon + fruit is something that needs to happen more often. I want to sink my teeth into one of these beauties right now!
Ain’t that the truth?! Bacon makes all the things better.
I love this recipe!!! I also love the psychology in R, too funny!
Waaadehoooo! So happy you like it, girl! There’s so much to love about a juicy roasted pear swaddled in crispy bacon and stuffed with cheese!
What?! These look ridiculous and beautiful. Perfect for Thanksgiving actually!
Thanks, my dear! They may be on my Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving menu xoxo
These look absolutely perfect! What an amazing combination of flavors.
suuuuuriously! Such simple flavors, so magnificently delicious!
BEAUTIFUL! I can almost taste them!
You may just be having a taste of them soon!
i cannot wait to spring this recipe on my sisters. these pears are beyond beautiful. thanks, again, julia!
Ah heck yea! Let me know how you and your sistas like them!
Oh man this looks SO good! I feel like I see pears being underutilized in the food blogging world. I’m tempted to make this when I get home!!