Blue Cheese And Brie Quesadillas With A Pear And Brown Sugar
blue cheese and brie quesadillas with a pear and
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- 1/4 Cup Brown sugar
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- 1 Pound Cooking pears; such as Bartlett; cored, quartered and small diced
- 1 Pinch Salt
- 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
- 1 Tablespoon Water
- 1/2 Pound Maytag Farms Blue Cheese; crumbled
- 1/2 Pound Brie; thinly sliced
- 16 Small Flour tortillas
- Vegetable oil for pan frying
- 1 Cup Walnut pieces
- 2 Tablespoon Cinnamon and sugar mixture
Instructions
- 1
In a large saucepan, over medium heat, melt the butter.
- 2
Stir in the sugar and cinnamon, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- 3
Add the pears and salt. Mix well.
- 4
Cook for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 5
Dissolve the cornstarch in the water.
- 6
Stir the cornstarch slurry into the pears and continue to cook for 2 minutes.
- 7
Remove from the heat and cool completely.
- 8
Place 1/2−ounce of the blue cheese and 1/2−ounce of the brie over half of each tortilla.
- 9
Fold the tortillas over and press firmly.
- 10
In a large saute pan, over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of the oil.
- 11
Add a third of the quesadillas and pan fry for a couple of minutes on each side until golden brown and the cheese is melted.
- 12
Pan−fry the rest of the quesadillas in small batches.
- 13
Fry the walnuts for 1 minute.
- 14
Remove and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.
- 15
Drain on paper towels.
- 16
Slice the quesadillas in half and serve with the pear compote and walnuts.
- 17
Garnish with parsley.