Individual Pear Strudels with Blue Cheese

• Squeeze of lemon juice
• 1/2 cup diced pears
• 1/4 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped plus 1 tablespoon, for garnish
• 1/4 cup Maytag blue cheese, plus 1 tablespoon, for garnish
• Salt and white pepper
• 4 sheets phyllo dough
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup pear puree, for sauce

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. As you cut them, squeeze a little lemon juice over pears to prevent browning.
2. Combine pears, walnuts and blue cheese; season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Lay out phyllo sheet and fold in thirds like a letter, lengthwise; brush surface with melted butter.
4. Mound 1/4 of cheese filling at base of folded phyllo sheet and roll up like an eggroll, pinching ends closed to prevent filling from leaking.
5. Brush top with butter and transfer to a baking sheet.
6. Repeat with remaining phyllo and filling.
7. Bake 12 minutes, until golden and lightly crisped.
8. Serve sprinkled with extra walnuts and blue cheese, with a spoonful of pear puree.

lemon juice, pears, walnuts, cheese, salt, phyllo, butter, pear puree

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/individual-pear-strudels-with-blue-cheese-recipe.html (may not work)