Ingredients

Makes 4 cheese-course servings

　　2 firm-ripe pears

　　3 to 4 ounces firm blue cheese (about 2/3 cup), crumbled

　　3 to 4 soft dried figs, stemmed and finely chopped (about 1/3 cup)

　　

Step 1

Cut each pear lengthwise into 10 (1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick) slices (5 from one side, then 5 more from the opposite side), avoiding core and discarding rounded outermost slices.

　　

Step 2

Layer 4 pear slices with cheese and fig on each of 4 plates, beginning with largest pear slices, and ending with smallest.

　　

Step 3

Sprinkle any remaining cheese and fig around napoleons.