The Desert From My Contest Entry - Flambee'd Butter Rum fruit Phyllo Dough Tart

[BBQ Engineer]

I wanted to post my desert from the June contest - A Flambee'd Butter Rum peach and pear butter rum tart in a crispy phyllo dough with toasted pine nuts and gorgonzola cheese...it really rocked.

I started with some peaches and pears.


Toasted some pine nuts too...


Put the peaches and pears in a pan with some melted butter and some brown sugar.


Added some vanilla and some cinnamon, and then dumped in a bunch of this...


This is actually on fire (but the camera isn't showing it)...scared the hell out of Hannah the Cow Girl...I lit it up and it made that "Whoosh" sound...she thought she had been had and exited the kitchen really fast!


Next take some phyllo dough sheets and butter each of them with a brush


I stacked 'em about 4 high and then folded them in two to wedge into a muffin pan.


Add the fruit mixture, and top with toasted pine nuts and some gorgonzola cheese. If you use blue cheese, add way more. I know it sounds kind of wierd, but it really works like this...it is an awesome compliment to the other flavors that are going on.





Bake at 350° until the phyllo dough is crispy and golden brown, the cheese is melty, and the filling is bubbly delicious.




Serve it hot with some ice cream!

[THE__DRIFTER]

Looks good fro this side of the screen... I do however have a protest.... I am so damn sick of hearing about pine nuts. Could care less if pines have nuts but it seems they are all the buzz these days. Nice post though and heres to next month.

[BBQ Engineer]

Looks good fro this side of the screen... I do however have a protest.... I am so damn sick of hearing about pine nuts. Could care less if pines have nuts but it seems they are all the buzz these days. Nice post though and heres to next month.

Hey Drifter...Thanks for the words and points...I really like pine nuts...especially toasted. I hate to have a salad without them...they also lend themselves really well to deserts like this, and they are an absolute must have for a decent pesto. They have been through the roof expensive, but I just recently splurged on a giant bag at Costco...I love 'em! Now if I could get my basil to grow some...this heat is just kickin' its butt.

[Fishawn]

Looks DD Delicious Dana ..... Love the line "and then dumped in a bunch of this"

[Fire it up]

Great work! That looks really tasty and thanks for sharing the recipe gonna bookmark the Hell out of this one !!!

[Critterhunter]

Outta Points But that looks Decadent as can be.

[erain]

Outta Points But that looks Decadent as can be.

Did i read rays post right??? Decadent....

Dana that really looks awesome. i must say that your entry picture dont do it justice. the better pics of it in this post really made it look more better, ok maybe even Decadent...

always wanted to mess with some a that phyllo dough and now this on me list, thanks for sharing!

[WALLE]

Awesome dessert, Dana.

I'm going to give this one a try. The kids are simply fearless when it comes to "creations" as they call them. The next chance I get, we're going to give this one a go.

PS...I also LOVE pine nuts!!! To toast them, I'm assuming you just used a CI skillet and shook the hell outta them? Never done that before.

Oh yeah - and have some of these!!

[BBQ Engineer]

PS...I also LOVE pine nuts!!! To toast them, I'm assuming you just used a CI skillet and shook the hell outta them? Never done that before.

Hey Tracey,

Yeah, toasted pine nuts are the bomb...into the oven at 300-350 degrees and let them get hot...shake 'em around when they start to get toasted which will reveal their untoasted underbelly. Back in the oven. Once they start to get toasted, they will finish pretty quick, so keep a close eye on them...I have gotten distracted for a couple of minutes before and ended up with a batch for the garbage and then I got to do it over and watch them properly.

[Bassman]

That's one fantastic looking dessert, Dana. I'll be trying it as soon as the peaches are ripe here in the valley.

[1Cavman]

Great looking dessert and recipe.
Always used phyllo dough for traditional Greek recipes. (stuff is a pain in the a$$ to work with) Definitely going to give this a go.

[sweet_magnolia]

Fabulous dessert, Dana, and great entry. I don't know if I like pine nuts or not....never had them but I bet pecans or walnuts would be pretty good too.

[Richtee]

That does sound strange... strangely tasty!

[1Cavman]

I don't know if I like pine nuts or not....never had them but I bet pecans or walnuts would be pretty good too.

Give em a try Becky. Very tasty and versatile little guys.

[tadowdaddy]

Dang Dana, that dessert looks awesome!!!!