Pear and Blue Cheese Tartlets
photo by Ms B.
- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 30 frozen miniature phyllo cups
- 14.79 ml butter
- 2 pears, peeled and chopped
- 9.85 ml sugar
- 141.74 g saga blue cheese or 141.74 g another creamy blue cheese, trimmed of rind and cut into 30 small cubes
directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Place the frozen phyllo shells on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat.
- Place the pears in the skillet and cook, stirring for 1 minute to soften slightly.
- Sprinkle the sugar over the pears and let cook, stirring until they are completely soft, 2 minutes longer.
- Remove skillet from heat.
- Place 1 teaspoon of the pears and their juice in each phyllo shell.
- Top with a cube of blue cheese.
- Bake the tartlets until the cheese melts and the shells are crisp and golden brown 7 to 8 minutes.
- (You can also sprinkle finely chopped walnuts over tartlets before baking if desired).
- These tartlets can be made 1 day before and reheated in an oven at 350 degrees for 3 to 4 minutes.
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Reviews
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Simply awesome! I took these to a dinner party and everyone raved as they devoured them. I added a couple shots of rum to the pears as they simmered in the butter and sugar. It made a scrumptious juice. I also topped the pears and bleu cheese filling with shredded Asiago, mozzarella and parmessan (which you can purchase prepackaged as Italian blend). The addition of these cheeses made the tart a little more finished looking and added another depth of flavor. Truly an impressive dish with so very little effort and cost! This is a keeper!
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Absolutely delicious! Everyone loved the combination of flavors in these. I made as directed (half batch but got 18 tarts) except I added a generous splash of Eagle Rare single barrel bourbon as I added the sugar. Made a nice flavor to the carmelized sauce. I also cooked them a bit longer to get the cheese melted, but they are just perection and oh, so easy yet elegant! A keeper that will be made again for us!! **Made for Beverage Tag 2007**
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I have two boys who will usually eat most things I put in front of them. As a single mom I use them as my guinea pigs....sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have a huge garden, blueberry and blackberry bushes. I am always looking for a new recipe. I have three cats (Xiao Mao, which means little cat in Chinese, Pumpkin and Max) and two border collies, Lucy and Grace. All my animals come from Rescue Agencies.
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