Pear and Blue Cheese Tartlets

• servings: 12 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 18 minutes

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

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.

Nutrition

• Calories: 33.4
• Total Fat: 1
• Saturated Fat: 0.6
• Cholesterol: 2.5
• Sodium: 8.8
• Total Carbohydrate: 6.6
• Dietary Fiber: 1.2
• Total Sugars: 4.5
• Protein: 0.2