Jalapeño Poppers with Feta Cheese, Walnuts and Fresh Pears Recipe
Jalapeño Poppers with Feta Cheese, Walnuts and Fresh Pears tastes like a fresh baked little pear mini-pie - for jalapeño lovers, anyway. ;) Your friends will not "get" this one. But since you are reading this, if you like pears, walnuts and feta, you will LOVE these.
Ingredients (See Box Above, "IMPORTANT - About Our Recipes" for Information about Quantities)
- Jalapeño Peppers
- Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
- Cream Cheese
- Feta Cheese crumbled
- Fresh Ripe Pears peeled and cut into small chunks
- Walnuts cut into small pieces
- Brown Sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut the jalapeños into a canoe cut. (Click the link above to see how to do a Canoe Cut.)
- Sprinkle insides of cut jalapeños lightly with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Place the jalapeños on a cookie sheet. Place sheet in preheated oven. Cook for about 10 minutes. (Skip this step if you prefer your finished jalapeños to be more raw and crunchy.)
- Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly so you can handle them.
- Add cream cheese to each jalapeño to cover the bottom, leaving a concave "well" to place other ingredients. (Click the link above to see pictures of this step, if the instructions are unclear to you.)
- Add feta cheese crumbles, being sure to mash them into the cream cheese.
- Add the pear chunks and walnut piece. Really pack them in tight.
- Sprinkle generously with brown sugar.
- Place jalapeños back on cookie sheet and place back in oven.
- Cook, watching closely, until cream cheese is hot and bubbling, brown sugar has melted and the pear gets a nice brown tint., about 10 - 15 minutes. Check to make sure jalapeños are done to your liking. If not, place back in oven for more time.
- Remove from oven when done and enjoy hot.