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Individual pear and blue cheese squares recipe

Individual pear and blue cheese squares recipe

Kitchen friendly version

Pear goes really well with blue cheese and this tasty tarts recipes is guaranteed to be a winner with everyone.

Serves 6

Takes 20 minutes to make, 15-17 minutes to bake

Ingredients

500g pack puff pastry
1 egg, beaten
15g butter
1 small onion, sliced
150g Cambozola (or Bavarian blue for a stronger taste), cubed
2 pears, sliced
2 tbsp double cream
1/2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, plus extra sprigs to garnish
4 tbsp walnut oil
11/2 tbsp lemon juice
Mixture of bitter lettuce leaves, such as chicory or radicchio
30g walnut pieces

METHOD

How to make pear and blue cheese squares

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Roll the pastry into a 30 x 20cm rectangle. Cut in half lengthways, then make 2 cuts widthways, to give 6 equal squares. Brush each square with the egg and score a square inside the pastry, leaving a 1cm border. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

2. Using a spoon, lift out and discard the inner square of pastry, and scoop out any uncooked pastry.

3. Heat the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. When melted, fry the onion until slightly browned.

4. Mix the onion, Cambozola, pear, cream, thyme and seasoning.

5. Fill each pastry square with a generous tablespoon of the filling and bake for a further 5 minutes.

6. Mix the walnut oil and lemon juice and toss with the salad and walnuts. Garnish each square with a thyme sprig and serve with the salad.

Wednesday 17 December 2008