Party Pear Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/4 to 1/2 c. pecans, chopped
1 Tbsp. crystallized ginger, diced
1 Tbsp. pear juice
2 large cans pear halves
mint leaves
red food coloring

Preparation

Over-stuff pear half with mixture of cream cheese, pecans, ginger and juice.
Place other half over the stuffed half of pear. Add sprig of mint to small end.
Dilute red food coloring and drop on paper towel.
Gently rub colored towel over hump of pear. Place on lettuce leaf.