Pear and Blue Cheese Tartlets

mary winecoff's Note:

This comes from Anne Byrn's new cookbook "The Dinner Doctor". Quick and Easy and very impressive appetizer. I used Bosc pears and Clemson Blue blue cheese. These were wonderful.

• Total Time: 18 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 30 frozen miniature phyllo cups
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 pears , peeled and chopped
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 5 ounces saga blue cheese or 5 ounces another creamy blue cheese , trimmed of rind and cut into 30 small cubes

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Place the frozen phyllo shells on a rimmed baking sheet.
3. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat.
4. Place the pears in the skillet and cook, stirring for 1 minute to soften slightly.
5. Sprinkle the sugar over the pears and let cook, stirring until they are completely soft, 2 minutes longer.
6. Remove skillet from heat.
7. Place 1 teaspoon of the pears and their juice in each phyllo shell.
8. Top with a cube of blue cheese.
9. Bake the tartlets until the cheese melts and the shells are crisp and golden brown 7 to 8 minutes.
10. (You can also sprinkle finely chopped walnuts over tartlets before baking if desired).
11. These tartlets can be made 1 day before and reheated in an oven at 350 degrees for 3 to 4 minutes.

Reviews

[iris5555]

Lovely flavors. I added already crumbled blue cheese. Next time, I will add even more cheese for more flavor

[princesskim]

I made these for a family gathering and they were a big hit! I skipped the chopped nuts and added sauteed chopped prosciutto to the tops before baking...they were delicious! I made them one day ahead and reheated, as per the instructions-it worked out perfectly!

[Soozaler]

This was incredible! We used the recipe exactly, except only used about half the sugar since our pears were very ripe and sweet. Thank you so much for sharing this!