Pear and Blue Cheese Tartlets
Pear and Blue Cheese Tartlets
Time: 18 mins
Ingredients
- 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.