Blue Cheese Tartlets With Fig Jam and Walnuts

Blue cheese and fig jam go together like PB&J, but you can make these savory treats with any soft cheese and any filling. Not a blue cheese fan? Make the shells with goat cheese and fill them with a spicy strawberry jam.

This recipe contains blue cheese, unsalted butter, flour (all-purpose), jam (fig), walnuts, oranges, thyme leaves

2 - 3 Dozen

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Ingredients:

• 3 oz. blue cheese
• 1/2 cup(s) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 1 cup(s) fig jam
• 1/3 cup(s) walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped
• 1 orange, for zesting
• fresh thyme leaves (optional)

Instructions:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• 2. Lightly grease the cups of the mini muffin pans, unless you’re using non-stick pans.
• 3. In a medium bowl cream together the blue cheese and butter.
• 4. Add the flour and use your hands to bring the dough together in the bowl.
• 5. Divide the dough into 30 pieces and roll into balls. (If you prefer a more delicate shell, divide the dough into 36 pieces.)
• 6. Using lightly floured fingers evenly press the dough against the sides of the mini tart pan until the dough rises slightly above the rim of the muffin cup.
• 7. Bake for 15 minutes, until golden brown.
• 8. Cool in pans for 5 minutes.
• 9. Remove shells to a wire rack to finish cooling.
• 10. Store cooled shells in an airtight container until ready to use. (They freeze well too. Bake frozen shells for 8 minutes at 325°F before filling.)
• 11. Spoon jam into cooled tartlet shells.
• 12. Sprinkle with toasted walnuts, orange zest, and thyme leaves if using.