Blue Cheese & Fig Appetizers

Once the pastry thaws, it takes just about 30 minutes and three ingredients to make these scrumptious appetizers.
  • thaw: 40 minutes
  • prep: 5 minutes
  • bake: 15 minutes
  • cool: 10 minutes
  • Serves: 36

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/2 of a 17.3-ounce package Puff Pastry Sheets(1 sheet), thawed
  • 1/3 pound blue cheese, chilled and cut into 36 pieces
  • 1/2 cup fig jam

Directions

  1. Heat the oven to 400°F.

  2. Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface.  Roll the pastry sheet into a 14-inch square. Cut into 36 (2 1/4-inch) squares. Press the squares into 36 (1 3/4-inch) mini muffin-pan cups.

  3. Bake for 10 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown.

  4. Place 1 piece blue cheese into each pastry cup and top with about 1/2 teaspoon jam. Bake for 5 minutes or until the filling is hot.  Let the pastries cool in the pan on wire racks for 10 minutes.

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When cutting Puff Pastry, the sharper the knife or pastry cutter, the better. A dull edge can cement layers together and prevent pastry from rising.

You can brush an egg-wash glaze (1 egg plus 1 tsp. water) over the Puff Pastry to create a rich, golden sheen when baked.

Make sure the edges of your Puff Pastry are cut - a folded edge will not rise and puff.

Place Puff Pastry in the muffin pan cups before adding toppings or fillings. That way, you won’t have to transfer the dough with the extra weight and risk tearing it.

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