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Home » Sauces and Dips » Stilton Pear And Walnut Blue Cheese Dip

Stilton Pear And Walnut Blue Cheese Dip

Author: Karon Grieve Published : January 2020

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stilton pear and walnut dip
stilton pear and walnut dip
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This stilton pear and walnut dip and spread is super tasty and so easy to make. A blue cheese dip is the perfect addition to your cheeseboard or just slap it on a slice of toast at any time of day.

stilton pear and walnut dip and spread on toast with pears behind

Even though it’s January and the festive season is behind us I still have the remnants of the said season in my fridge and cupboards.

Namely the leftovers, the overspill of the over-purchasing of food.

I know I used Stilton in making my Broccoli and Stilton soup last week but I still have more of the damn stuff lurking in the fridge. Time to get creative in the kitchen…….

ingredients for blue cheese dip

Blue Cheese Dip

Today I made this super simple Stilton Pear and Walnut dip to use up some of that cheese.

Don’t get me wrong, I love cheese, all types of cheese. I like Stilton but in it’s plain normal cheesy state one can just get to the stage of having too damn much of the stuff.

While I have an abundance of stilton to use up you can of course use any blue cheese for this simple dip. Blue cheese and pear is such a good combo.

top down shot of dip in red bowl

Dips and Spreads

Dips shouldn’t be something you only whip up for parties when you have friends round.

I make dips all the time, mainly to use things up that I only have a few bits of. Over the years I’ve made loads of dips on this blog.

So much so that I have this Sauces Dips and Spreads  section dedicated to them. There’s everything from flavoured butters to pestos (I’m mad about pesto and even wrote an Ebook packed with over 50 recipes for different Pestos, strangely enough called A Passion For Pesto!), chocolate spreads to ketchup and all things in between.

ingredients

Ingredients

  • 50g Stilton cheese
  • 2 tbsp cream cheese
  • 10g walnuts
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 2 small pears or 1 large pear
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Alternative ingredients

Not a fan of Stilton? Then use any other blue cheese for this dip recipe. It’s the tang of blue cheese that works so well with the sweetness of the walnuts.

celery stick in blue cheese dip bowl

How to make this

To make this simple blue cheese dip you first want to roughly break up the walnuts and toast them in a dry pan for just a minute or so till they release their gorgeous nutty aroma and tip into small food processor. Whizz to a powder

Add the Stilton (or other blue cheese) and cream cheese and whizz again till you get a smooth consistency

Peel the pears and cut into chunks and add to processor along with honey and seasoning to taste and whizz till smooth

Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving

blue cheese dip spread on bread with ingredients behind

How to serve this blue cheese dip

There you have it, so easy to make and you are using up some of those leftovers to create something new and tasty that will brighten up basic ham or chicken sandwiches.

It goes great with roasted broccoli, swirled into tomato soup and of course you can just use it as a dip with your veggies or crisps etc.

I like to use dips as a way to brighten up the most mundane of dishes.

I’ll swirl them into a bowl of soup, add them to pasta, slather them on sandwiches and sometimes even dip things like veggies into them.

Of course you can dip other things like chips or crisps too though we shouldn’t even be thinking of these things now it’s January.

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Looking for more tasty dip and spread ideas? Then check these out before you go;

Skordalia, Greek garlic dipping sauce

Mediterranean Smoked Mackerel Pate

Traditional Greek taramasolata

Homemade traditional style hummus

Simple homemade mackerel pate

Spinach and ricotta dip and sauce

Greek beetroot tzatziki

Homemade super simple Greek tzatziki

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stilton pear and walnut dip and spread

Stilton Pear and Walnut Blue Cheese Dip

Karon Grieve
A quick and easy dip that will add flavour to sandwiches, roasted veggies, pasta or use as a dip with veggies
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 15 minutes mins
Course appetisers
Cuisine British
Calories 565 kcal

Equipment

  • mini food processor

Ingredients
 

  • 10 g walnut halves halves
  • 50 g Stilton or other blue cheese
  • 2 tbsp cream cheese
  • 1 tsp honey clear honey
  • 2 pears 2 small pears or 1 large pear
  • salt and pepper to taste
Metric – US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for approx 1 minute till golden and releasing their aroma
  • Tip nuts into mini food processor and whizz to powder
  • Add the Stilton and cream cheese and whizz till smooth
  • Peel and chop pears and add to processor along with honey and seasoning and whizz till smooth
  • Chill for 30 minutes before serving

Notes

Serve this delicious stilton, pear and walnut dip with veggies or crisps/chips or as a filling for sandwiches or with a salad as a dressing too

Nutrition

Calories: 565kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 15gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 795mgPotassium: 629mgFiber: 12gSugar: 42gVitamin A: 862IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 335mgIron: 1mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
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