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Bartlett Pear Quesadillas

The sweet fall fruit mixed with hazelnuts and spicy pepper jack cheese brings new life to quesadillas.

Makes: 8 appetizer servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Recipe Created By: Pear Bureau Northwest
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Ingredients

  • 4 8-inch flour tortillas
  • ½ cup each pepper jack cheese, shredded and blue cheese, crumbled
  • 3 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons hazelnuts, chopped
  • 1 yellow Bartlett pear, cored and very thinly sliced
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil

Instructions

  1. On half of each tortilla, sprinkle ¼ of the cheeses, basil, onion and hazelnuts; top with pear slices.
  2. Fold in half and brush both sides with olive oil.
  3. Heat in non-stick skillet 2-3 minutes on each side or until cheese melts and tortilla browns. Cut each quesadilla into four pieces.

Tips & Notes

Store firm, unripe pears in a brown paper bag at room temperature to help them ripen faster.

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