Blue Cheese-Pecan Phyllo Bites

Sometimes I think this blog should be called Life Should Be Appetizers, since I post so many of them. It's natural though. We have three or four big parties a year, and it's more likely than not that I am preparing four or five completely new hors d'oeurves for each. (It's actually kind of an expectation our regulars have!)


Anyway...here's one I made recently for a shindig.


Blue Cheese-Pecan Phyllo Bites
Makes 30 hors d'oeurves.


1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 packages mini phyllo shells (30 shells)
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup dried cherries, snipped into very small pieces
Toasted pecans (or even better spiced pecans like these)


Place phyllo shells in a baking dish or mini-muffin tins. In each shell, place a bout a teaspoon of softened cream cheese and about a teaspoonful of blue cheese crumbles. Top with a few pieces of cherry and pecan pieces.


Bake at 400 degrees for ten minutes or until cheese are slightly melted. Slighly press on the filling in each shell to "meld" it together.


Serve warm or allow to cool and serve at room temperature.