Ingredients
2 pears, large, halved
8 oz cream cheese, softened
½ cup pecans, finely chopped
¼ cup maraschino cherries, quartered and drained well
2 tbsp maple syrup, can be imitation
maraschino cherries
lettuce
Preparation
Dry pear halves off gently with paper towels.
Place on tray and repeat the process until all pears are done.
Beat cream cheese with maple syrup until smooth with electric mixer.
By hand, fold in nuts and chopped cherries. Fold well.
Spoon filling into pear halves using all of the filling up. You just heap it up in the pears.
Place maraschino cherries on top of pear filling.
Chill for several hours.
Serve on a bed of lettuce on pretty salad plates.
