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.
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