Blue Cheese Filo Bites with Pears and Pecan

There are so many great drinks occasions in December that it’s good to have a few simple fingerfood recipes at hand. These vegetarian bites are always a crowd pleaser and go especially well with a glass of bubbly.

I like to prepare the filo bites in advance so that I only have to reheat them once my guests arrive. And, any leftovers can easily be frozen, which comes in really handy when unexpected guests arrive.

If you want to make a snazzy cocktail to go with these bites, why not make my festive marmalade fizz?

December 12, 2014

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Blue Cheese Filo Bites with Pears and Pecan

Prep: 1 hour – Makes 20 filo bites – Easy

1 tin canned pears (225g drained)
5 filo pastry sheets
50g butter
100g stilton or roquefort
20 pecan nuts

Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.

Drain the pears and cut into small cubes.

Cut the filo pastry sheets into small squares, so that they fit into a muffin hole.

Melt the butter and grease one muffin hole. Lay a filo square into the hole and brush with more melted butter, then top with another filo square. Repeat the process one more time, so that you end up with three buttered filo layers.

Lay a few pear cubes onto the filo pastry, so that the bottom is covered.

Fill the remaining muffin holes with buttered filo pastry and pears.

Once all muffin holes are filled, crumble some stilton over the pears and decorate each filo basket with a whole pecan nut.

Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Leave to cool for 5 minutes before serving.

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