Avocado Pear Dessert

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This dish is deliciously different and a wonderfully light dessert to serve after an elegant meal -- and it's easy too.

1/2 avocado, sliced 1/2 pear, sliced 1-2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese port wine freshly ground black pepper 1 large strawberry (optional)

Serves 1 Arrange alternating slices of avocado and pears on a dessert plate. Sprinkle with crumbled blue cheese. Drizzle a bit of port wine over all and top with a few grindings of pepper. You might even add a beautiful big strawberry with its stem still on.