Perfect Pair Pear Puffs

Name: Perfect Pair Pear Puffs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 egg; 1 Tbsp freshly grated ginger; 118 milliliters crumbled Cambozola or goat cheese; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 3 mediums firm pears; 118 milliliters pecans, toasted and chopped; 1 package Tenderflake® Frozen Puff Pastry, defrosted; 355 milliliters grated Swiss cheese

Perfect Pair Pear Puffs might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 722 calories, 19g of protein, and 49g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have pecans, ginger, puff pastry, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the puff pas

Instructions

PREHEAT oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Oven

PEEL pears and cut in half.

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Pear

Remove the seeds leaving the stems intact. Using a teaspoon scrape out the inside of the pear. Save this for later.

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Seeds

Pear

Brush the pear with lemon juice and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, cut side down.

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Lemon Juice

Pear

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

REMOVE the pastry from the package and place on a lightly floured work surface. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll the pastry to a 10 x 12-inch (25 X 30 cm) rectangle.

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Roll

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Cut pastry into 6 equal rectangles, slightly larger than the pears. Cover each pear with a piece of pastry. Using a sharp knife, cut away the excess leaving a well-covered piece of fruit. Save the extra to form little leaves. Pierce the pastry all over with a sharp knife or fork.

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Fruit

Pear

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WHISK the egg with 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of water.

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Water

Egg

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Whisk

Brush the outside of the pastry on the pears with egg wash and use egg wash to adhere little decorative leaves around the stem of each pear.

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Pear

Egg

BAKE in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

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Remove from the oven and cool slightly.

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PREHEAT broiler to high.

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Broiler

Mix all of the filling ingredients together in a small bowl along with reserved pear. Turn pears cut side up and divide filling between each. Broil for 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is beginning to bubble.

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Cheese