EASY Roasted Strawberry Treasure Cave Mild Blue Cheese Tarts [+Video]

This sweet and savory tart is the perfect combination of roasted strawberries and tangy Treasure Cave Mild Blue Cheese. With a flaky puff pastry crust and creamy blue cheese filling, these roasted strawberry and blue cheese tarts are a delicious appetizer for any occasion.

Whether you’re hosting your own party for the big game or just wanting to bring an impressive dish to dazzle your guests, this recipe with Treasure Cave’s new Mild Blue Cheese is #FuelForTheFunky. If you remake this dish, tag me and let me know what you think!

This is our third recipe in partnership with Treasure Cave Cheese, and if you haven’t tried our roasted pear blue cheese dip and or blue cheese potato gratin casserole, then you definitely need to!

Ingredients for Blue Cheese Tarts

Here is a brief overview of each ingredient for this tasty tart recipe. Get your grocery list out and ready because you’re probably going to need to grab a few of these ingredients starting with the Treasure Cave Cheese.

• Treasure Cave Mild Blue Cheese Wedge
• Lemon: the acidity cuts through all the creaminess and richness
• Plain Greek Yogurt: adds more creaminess to the cheese filling
• Olive Oil: adds more richness to the cheese filling
• Strawberries: fresh strawberries is preferred
• Sugar: adds sweetness
• Balsamic Vinegar: adds acidity and rich flavor
• Vanilla Bean Paste: adds flavor
• Puff Pastry: the fluffy, buttery and flakey base for the tarts
• Egg: combines with the water to make an egg wash to help the puff pastry get golden and glossy as it bakes
• Water: see description for the egg
• Pistachios: adds a nuttiness and great texture
• Thyme Leaves: adds a pop of fresh herb flavor

The measurements for each ingredient can be found in the recipe down below so keep scrolling for all the details.

How to Make Roasted Strawberry Blue Cheese Tarts

Your guests are going to think you spent hours on these decadent blue cheese tarts but it only takes about a half hour. I love when fancy is so easy! Here are the basic steps:

1. Prep: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Blend: Add the cheese, lemon zest, lemon juice, yogurt and olive oil to a blender and blend together until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the blender as needed.
3. Fold: Add the strawberries, sugar, balsamic vinegar and vanilla bean paste to a medium bowl and gently fold everything together.
4. Roll: Roll out the two puff pastry shee

Hot Honey Pear and Brie Mini Appetizers

Impress your guests with this simple and irresistible appetizer – hot honey roasted pear and baked brie in puff pastry with prosciutto. Follow our easy recipe and enjoy the perfect blend of creamy brie cheese, flaky puff pastry, and sweet and savory toppings.

I have been obsessed with our roasted pear salad, so I based these mini baked brie appetizers on the flavors in that salad. I pretty much roast pears in the oven constantly or brown them in a skillet for seriously everything including just on cottage cheese or oatmeal for breakfast. It is the most delicious thing ever!

I know that hot honey is all the rage right now, and it should be! It is the secret ingredient in this appetizer recipe that just sends the flavor through the roof. I can’t wait for you to try this one! Great for New Years Eve, game day, a bridal shower…ideal for any occasion!

Ingredients for Roasted Pear and Brie Appetizers

This recipe looks and sounds so fancy, but it’s so simple! All you have to do is roast some pears and everything else is ready to assemble. Here is your grocery list:

• Pear: Bartlett, Anjou or any pear you love works great
• Olive Oil: helps roast the pears
• Salt: enhances the pear flavor
• Puff Pastry: just buy it pre-made at the store usually by the pie crusts
• Brie: grab it in your deli section, you can buy a large wheel of brie or small wheels because they will get cubed
  • You can leave the rind on or remove it.
• Egg and Water: makes an egg wash to help the puff pastry get crispy and golden
• Prosciutto: you can find it in the specialty meats section of the grocery store or ask at the deli counter
• Thyme: fresh is preferred and chop it slightly
• Hot Honey: my favorite brand is Savannah Bee Company brand over Mike’s and Nate’s

The details for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.

What is Brie?

Brie is a soft, buttery and creamy cheese that originated in France. It is off-white in color and made from cow’s milk. It is rich, fruity and earthy in flavor.

How to Make Puff Pastry Appetizers

The crispy puff pastry creates a cup that holds the melty brie, roasted pears, salty prosciutto with a burst of herby freshness from the thyme and a sweet heat from the hot honey. It’s the perfect combination of textures and flavors!

1. Prep: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Roast: Slice the pear th

Blackberry Puff Pastry Snowflake

Creating a beautiful and delicious puff pastry snowflake is easier than you think! Load it up the most delicious Oregon blackberries and you have a gorgeous and tasty holiday treat!

When you search for a puff pastry snowflake on Google, most of the recipes you will find use Nutella as the filling. Now, I don’t have a single thing against Nutella. We have a Nutella Dulce de Leche Christmas Tree that you can make alongside this blackberry snowflake! But I would choose a berry snowflake over a chocolate-filled snowflake every single time.

We turn to Oregon berries for all of our recipes that use blackberries or raspberries. There simply isn’t a better berry out there! They are juicy and perfectly sweet with just the right amount of tartness.

Why Oregon Blackberries?

I’ve toured Oregon Berries farms several times and I’m floored every time at how dedicated they are to growing the best berries in the world. They truly do have the best flavor of any berry I’ve ever tasted.

Their berries are picked at the peak of ripeness for a better tasting berry. Once they are harvested, they are flash frozen within 24 hours of being picked to lock in the best taste, color and nutrition.

The state of Oregon was also made for growing the best blackberries. It has the perfect climate, optimal soil, abundant water and the right temperatures and air for berry-growing. Oregon blackberries are grown in the USA on multi-generational family farms where local family are stewards of the land supporting environmentally sustainable practices.

Can you tell that I’m their biggest fan? Berries from any other place just pale in comparison.

What Do I Need to Make a Blackberry Snowflake?

You only need 8 ingredients to make this stunning snowflake dessert! Perfect for the holiday season, this flaky treat will leave everyone asking for more! Here is everything you’ll need:

• Blackberries: you can use either fresh or frozen but fresh blackberries are hard to find in the winter, choose frozen blackberries that say “Grown in the USA” to make sure they are from Oregon!
• Brown Sugar: adds sweetness and rich flavor
• Cornaby’s EZ Gel: my new go-to for thickening berry fillings but you can substitute with 1 ½  Tablespoons of cornstarch instead
• Cinnamon: adds warm flavor
• Puff Pastry: You could make your own homemade puff pastry but it’s so worth it just to buy a store-bought puff pastry. Find it in your frozen section at the grocery store.
• Egg: mixes with the water to create an egg wash
• Water: used to make an egg wash which will help the puff pastry bake up golden and glossy

Apple Pecan Brie Mini Appetizers [+Video]

This apple pecan brie cheese appetizer takes the classic combination of flavors to a sweet new level. So easy to make and everyone will love them.

When you throw out words like “brie”, “roasted apples”, and “puff pastry”, you automatically start to think that this is mega fancy. Secretly, it’s so dang easy, which makes it perfect for holiday parties!

The melty brie fills the crunchy puff pastry with savory creaminess while the apple adds sweetness. It’s the perfect combination of flavors and textures!

What is Brie?

Brie is a soft, buttery and creamy cheese that originated in France. It is off-white in color and made from cow’s milk. It is rich, fruity and earthy in flavor.

How to Make Brie Appetizers Video

Ingredients for Baked Brie Bites

Most of the ingredients for this baked brie appetizer are items that you buy ahead of time and just assemble. So easy! Here is everything you will need:

• Apple: Honeycrisp, Envy, Braeburn or any apple you love works great
• Olive Oil: helps roast the apples
• Salt: enhances the apple flavor
• Puff Pastry: just buy it pre-made at the store
• Brie: grab is in your deli section, you can buy a large wheel of brie or small wheels because they will get cubed
  • You can leave the rind on or remove it.
• Fig Jam: buy a small jar, I love Trader Joe’s, but any brand works great
  • If you can’t find fig jam, apricot would be a good substitute.
• Egg and Water: makes an egg wash to help the puff pastry get crispy and golden
• Cinnamon Pecans: you can make your own or buy them already made at the store
• Rosemary: fresh is preferred and chop it up little

The details for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.

Where Do I Find Brie Cheese?

You will want to head to the deli section to find brie. It will usually be sitting out in the cheese display area, near the feta and other cheeses.

Where Do I Find Puff Pastry?

Puff pastry is found in the freezer section of the grocery store near the pie crusts. The most common brand that I see is Pepperidge Farm.

How to Make Apple

20 Minute Cheesy Caprese Pesto Tarts

I don’t know about you, but I adore appetizers, especially around the holidays. We make these 20 minute cheesy caprese pesto tarts all the time!

It’s easy to make a savory appetizer with puff pastry for gatherings and using a few key ingredients will make it taste like you’ve been in the kitchen for hours. Which is my favorite thing, make people think I’ve worked harder than I did.

We’ve done a whole post on pesto, how to make pesto, how to store pesto, how to freeze pesto, how to keep pesto green, how long pesto keeps, and we have plenty of recipes that use pesto which we will link up to at the bottom of the post. So, refer back to that post if you need to read up on pesto.

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Fisher Nuts, however all opinions remain our own.

What Do I Need to Make Pesto Tarts?

Here is a quick rundown of all the ingredients you’ll need. The measurements for everything can be found by scrolling down to the recipe card below.

For the Pesto

• Basil: you can make your own fresh pesto (highly recommend!) or go with store-bought pesto to save time
• Garlic: fresh whole cloves
• Fisher Walnuts: We use walnuts instead of pine nuts to really push that more nutty flavor in this pesto.
• Olive Oil: make sure it is extra virgin for the best flavor
• Parmesan Cheese: adds flavor
• Lemon Zest and Juice: adds a bright pop of freshness and helps keep the basil green
• Salt: enhances all the flavors

For the Tarts

• Puff Pastry: We use store bought puff pastry because hello, who has time to make that from scratch?
• Grape Tomatoes: You can half them or leave them whole depending on the size.
• Mozzarella Cheese: grab a block of good quality cheese and cube it, it melts so perfectly!
• Black Pepper: adds flavor

Tips About Walnuts

Just as with our classic pesto, the secret to really great flavor is in toasting the nuts and garlic. Walnuts, when fresh are not bitter like you may believe. Instead they have a sweetness to them and with that robust garlic it really makes for a great pesto.

The pesto we will make today is a little different as it uses Fisher Nuts Walnuts. We did a random sampling and Fisher Nuts were preservative free, tasted the most fresh and not bitter since they weren’t past their date of freshness.

Did you know that? That good fresh walnuts taste juicy, nutty and sweet? To store walnuts, I keep mine in the blue bag we buy them in as the dark colored bag actually is best to keep them fresh, then we place them in the kitchen cupboard as light degrades the oils.

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