Challah with dukkah pears and honeyed cream cheese

March 14, 2014 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
Challah with dukkah pears and honeyed cream cheese recipe

Challah has a light sweetness to it that’s perfectly complemented by cream cheese and spicy pears. Challah with dukkah pears and honeyed cream cheese is a great dish for brunch because it combines a number of wonderful flavours to create a sweet, creamy, nutty and lightly spiced treat.

Recipe by Alida Ryder

 

Challah with dukkah pears and honeyed cream cheese

Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • challah, sliced and toasted, to serve
  • Dukkah pears

  • 4 pears, quartered and cored
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) olive or avocado oil
  • 75g dukkah
  • Honeyed cream cheese

  • 250g (1 cup) cream cheese, room temperature
  • 60ml (¼ cup) honey + extra, to serve

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 200°C and line an oven dish with baking paper.

2

For the dukkah pears, brush the quartered pears with oil and cover in the dukkah.

3

Place the pears in the oven dish and bake until just soft and golden brown, 20 – 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.

4

For the honeyed cream cheese, combine the cream cheese and honey and mix well.

5

Spread the cream cheese onto the toasted challah and top with the dukkah pears. Finish with a drizzle of honey and serve immediately.

 

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