Jam & Goat Cheese Phyllo Cups (Easy Appetizer)
These delicious jam & goat cheese phyllo cups make the perfect fancy but EASY appetizer! Very quick to make and great for any dinner party.
Servings: 15 tiny cups
Ingredients
- One 4-ounce log of plain goat cheese
- 1 package of mini frozen phyllo shells usually 15 per package
- Fig jam see notes
- Optional: a handful of pistachios finely ground/crushed
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 F. Pull your mini phyllo cups out of the freezer while the oven preheats, just about 10 minutes for them to thaw slightly.
- Spoon about a tablespoon of goat cheese into each cup. I found that microwaving my goat cheese slightly in a bowl for like 20 seconds helped soften it slightly, and made it easier to spoon neatly into the cups.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, or until the goat cheese slightly melts and the cups start to turn golden brown on the edges.
- Remove from oven and then spoon about a teaspoon of the fig preserves on top of the goat cheese in each cup.
- You can garnish them with a little crushed pistachios or something similar, if you'd like.
Notes
The recipe calls for a lighter fig preserves (not like the super dark, grainy fig jam that Trader Joe's sells). I went rogue and used a chunky papaya lime jam that I got in Jamaica, and it was a perfect pairing too. You're basically looking for a quite sweet taste but ideally with a bit of tart, and these will pair well with the tangy goat cheese.