3 pear soup crumbled cheese Recipes

pears, ripe, butternut squash, tomatoes, leek, garlic cloves, extra virgin olive oil, salt, fresh ground pepper, homemade stock, divided, blue cheese, crumbled, chives, thinly sliced

ripe pears, peeled, quartered and cored, butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 2-inch chunks, tomatoes, cored and quartered, leek , pale green and white parts only, halved lengthwise, sliced and washed thoroughly, garlic, crushed, extra-virgin olive oil, salt, divided, freshly ground pepper to taste, vegetable broth or reduced-sodium chicken broth, divided, crumbled stilton or other blue-veined cheese, sliced fresh chives or scallion greens