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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 appetizers 19g Recipe makes 36 appetizers)
Calories 56
Calories from Fat 31		(55%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 3.5g	5%
	Saturated Fat 1.3g	6%
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.7g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 2mg		0%
Sodium 61mg		2%
Potassium 23mg		0%
Total Carbohydrate 5.3g		1%
	Dietary Fiber 0.4g	1%
	Sugars 1.7g
Protein 1.2g		2%
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New Year's Eve 2006

Mysterygirl

Pear and Blue Cheese Puffs

Recipe #82263 | 35 min | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: evelyn/athens
Jan 27, 2004

I made these for New Year's Eve appetizers and they were wonderful. Lovely blend of flavours and textures. Gone in no time at all - best make up a double batch.

36 appetizers (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed for 30 minutes (1/2 package)
2 very ripe juicy fragrant pears, peeled and chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
dried cranberries or dried cherries

Directions

1
Preheat oven to 400F.
2
Toss pears in sugar.
3
Set aside.
4
Roll pastry out into a 14 inch square on a lightly floured board.
5
Cut into 36 equal squares.
6
Place each in a mini muffin pan.
7
Place equal amounts of pear and blue cheese in pastry lined pans.
8
Top each with 2 or 3 dried cherries or cranberries.
9
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until puffed and golden.
10
Serve warm.

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From: Adopted Parisian

On Jul 15, 2008

These are such a great, easy, elegant idea! We enjoyed them, but next time I will use a more tart type of pear, then add another tablespoon of sugar to balance the flavors. I also added some lemon zest just to brighten the aromas. Thanks so much!

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From: JessD

On May 11, 2005

Sorry Evelyn, I forgot to give a star rating. I would have given it a 6 if I could, very easy and very tasty!

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From: Leslie L

On May 27, 2004

On the first try for this recipe I found that the puff pastry filled up the mini muffin tin and overpowered the pear and cherries. On the second try (for the actual party) I used a regular muffin tin and really filled up each with the ingredients. The pastry still puffs, but there is enough filling to balance. They were gone in no time! I love the blue cheese mixed with the sweet pears. Oh, I cheated and used canned pears. Saved a WHOLE lot of time and I used less sugar on them because of the syrup. Very pretty to present. I've added a photo! Yum!

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From: BothFex

On Oct 5, 2004

Loved these little yummies! I used min-muffin tins (or gem pans) as called for with nice results. I omitted the sugar as my pears were so sweet. I also didn't bother with peeling the pears, just chopped 'em up and threw 'em in. Quite a versatile little recipe. Thanks for such a lovely little appetizer.

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