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Ingredients
- Squeeze of lemon juice
- 1/2 cup diced pears
- 1/4 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped plus 1 tablespoon, for garnish
- 1/4 cup Maytag blue cheese, plus 1 tablespoon, for garnish
- Salt and white pepper
- 4 sheets phyllo dough
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup pear puree, for sauce
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. As you cut them, squeeze a little lemon juice over pears to prevent browning.
- Combine pears, walnuts and blue cheese; season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Lay out phyllo sheet and fold in thirds like a letter, lengthwise; brush surface with melted butter.
- Mound 1/4 of cheese filling at base of folded phyllo sheet and roll up like an eggroll, pinching ends closed to prevent filling from leaking.
- Brush top with butter and transfer to a baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining phyllo and filling.
- Bake 12 minutes, until golden and lightly crisped.
- Serve sprinkled with extra walnuts and blue cheese, with a spoonful of pear puree.
