Every now and then, a food comes by that just makes you think, “yes, this is meant to be eaten.” You will get what I mean when you make these. They’re just so perfectly sized and made to be eaten. Well, all food is made to be eaten. My fumbling is not doing this justice. Let’s start over. Hello! Why didn’t you ever think to just slice a fruit in half and wrap it in puff pastry to have a pie rather than enduring the process of hand-making a whole one?
No, that’s not good either. Okay.
I’m just a girl with a miniature pear pie and it was very delicious and fun.
MINIATURE PEAR PIES
Serves 5-6
3 pears, halved and cored
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
3 tablespoons whipped butter
1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup walnuts, crushed
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place pears flat-side-down on a lined baking sheet. Cover exterior with puff pastry. Make tiny slices in pastry with a butter knife. Spread butter across pastry exteriors.
Bake for 20 minutes. After removing from oven, turn pears up and immediately top with blue cheese, brown sugar, and walnuts.
- 3 pears, halved and cored
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 3 tablespoons whipped butter
- ¼ cup blue cheese, crumbled
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup walnuts, crushed
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place pears flat-side-down on a lined baking sheet.
- Cover exterior with puff pastry. Make tiny slices in pastry with a butter knife. Spread butter across pastry exteriors.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- After removing from oven, turn pears up and immediately top with blue cheese, brown sugar, and walnuts.
