Herbed Goat Cheese Appetizer

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 ounces log of fresh mild goat cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened at room temperature
• 6 sun-dried tomatoes, dry and not packed in oil
• 1/4 cup dry wine
• 1/2 teaspoon dry basil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 8 frozen puff pastry shells

Recipe

• 1 soak the sundried tomatoes in the wine for 30 minutes or overnight for best results.
• 2 mix the goat and cream cheeses together in a bowl, blending well.
• 3 remove the sundried tomatoes, chop them fine, and discard the wine. add to cheese mixture.
• 4 add all other ingredients.
• 5 mix very well until evenly blended.
• 6 cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 7 to serve in a puff pastry shell, bake the shells according to the package instructions. cool them to room temperature.
• 8 place a scoop of the herbed goat cheese mix into each pastry shell.
• 9 return the shells to the oven and bake at 350°f for 10 minutes to just warm them.
• 10 best served warm with a knife to spread the herbed cheese onto pieces of the pastry.