-AVOCADO ANDPEAR POTATO

The idea of combining avocado pear and pear comes from a recipe supplied by the Potato Marketing Board. The avocado should give slightly all over; the pear should also give, but only very slightly. This recipe calls for Yoghurt Cheese (see page 180). For 2.

- INGREDIENTS-

2 baking potatoes weighing about I Ib/500 g each

I tablespoon olive oil, plus a little extra

I stick celery

I tablespoon wine vinegar

4 tablespoons Yoghurt Cheese (see page 180)

I slightly underripe Cornice or Conference pear

I small avocado pear

Small baking-sheet

- METHOD-

Paint the potatoes with a little oil and bake as described on page 168. Trim the root and leaf ends of the celery, pare offany

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brown streaks, wash and blot dry; slice finely. Gradually stir I tablespoon oil and the vinegar into the cheese and beat to a smooth, thick sauce. Quarter, core, peel and finely chop the pear; mix with the celery into the cheese. Halve, stone and peel the avocado pear, slice finely and stir gently into the cheese mixture.

2 Slash the potato into 8 segments as described in stage 2 of Polly's Lemon and Mushroom Potato (page 169-70), pull slightly apart and pile the stuffing into the slits and over the top.