Palet Pleasing "Pearing"

The Best Thing Between Three Angles

(Pear-Prosciutto-Blue Cheese-Cherry Puff Pastry)

I know, I know...you want me to put WHAT with WHAT in WHAT?! I was shocked but by golly, it was AMAZING. Seriously. I came up with this recipe last winter for a wine and dinner party where I was chosen to make an appetizer...There wasn't one left, I heard one person went back for 4ths. They are definitely worth the effort for a special occasion.

Ingredients

2 ripe pears (I used Bosc)
1 pkg minced prosciutto
1/4 cup chopped dried cherries
1/2 small onion minced
1/8th cup blue cheese crumbled
1 pckg filo dough
1 cup melted butter 
(mix butter w/olive oil to make it last longer and prevent from firming to soon 75% butter to 25% oil)

**Olive oil as needed** a marinating brush helps too!

First, saute the chopped onion and prosciutto in a pan greased with olive oil. Once the onion has softened and the prosciutto has browned a bit, stir in the pears and dried cherries. Continue to cook until the pears are also softened. Put mixture in a large bowl and let cool to room temperature.







Stir in the crumbled blue cheese so that it is dispersed well throughout the pear/onion mixture.






Open the package of  puff pastry dough and separate the first layer.
**It is very important to use a damp towel, or paper towel to cover the puff pastry dough you're not working with as it dries out very quickly.**

I took a baking sheet and coated it with oil/butter to prevent the sheet of dough from sticking. Then lay the first sheet down (may need to use two at a time if it tears). Using your pastry brush, spoon or hands spread melted butter thinly over dough, it won't take much.

Take a large spoonful of mixture and put in the bottom right corner leaving enough room (about 1") from the edge of the dough. Shape into an imaginary triangle--see to the left.

 Next fold the dough over it from left to right (hot dog style).

Pinch the dough around the edges to help close it then smooth down the rest. Take the mixture and fold it from the bottom corner to the opposite edge. As if you were completing an imaginary square. This will give you another triangle. Coat the top with another layer of the melted butter. Continue to fold repeating this process. Once you reach the end of the sheet, smooth the edges over and coat once more in the melted butter. (No, this isn't healthy but it sure tastes good)


        Set completed triangle on greased baking sheet and repeat process for the next.


Bake these beauties at 375 degrees until golden brown and flaky. You will not be disappointed!