Blue Cheese-Pecan Shortbread Leaves

Name: Blue Cheese-Pecan Shortbread Leaves
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams crumbled blue cheese; 3 Tbsps butter, softened; 59 milliliters cornstarch; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons coarsely ground pepper; 79 milliliters chopped pecans; 0 teaspoons salt

Blue Cheese-Pecan Shortbread Leaves is a vegetarian recipe with 2 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 17g of protein, 46g of fat, and a total of 641 calories. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up cheese, flour, cornstarch, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Cool completely (about 20 minutes). Reduce oven temperature to 32

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Pecans

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Oven

Frying Pan

Process cheese and butter in a food processor 10 to 15 seconds or until creamy, stopping to scrape down sides as needed.

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Processed Cheese

Butter

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Food Processor

Add flour and next 3 ingredients; pulse 9 to 10 times or until mixture is crumbly.

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All Purpose Flour

Add toasted pecans; pulse 9 to 10 times or until combined.

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Pecans

Transfer mixture onto plastic wrap on a flat surface; gather dough into a ball, and flatten into a 1-inch-thick disk. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill 1 hour until firm, or seal wrapped dough in a zip-top plastic freezer bag, and chill up to 3 days.

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