I love a nice tender steak topped with crumbled blue cheese. That got me thinking about how to make a recipe to get close to that flavor yet enjoyable for the kids and used what I had on hand. By the time I got it in the oven, I was really craving that meaty blue cheese flavor and crossing my fingers it was going to turn out like I wanted. I’m very happy to report that this is completely delicious. I made large ones with a regular muffin tin and smaller ones with a mini muffin tin. They were better as bite size sides or appetizers, but I wouldn’t have complained to eat just those for dinner! The kids loved them, but I did have to call them muffins.

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Beef and Blue Cheese Bites

Tasty appetizer or side dish!

Prep Time5 minutes

Cook Time20 minutes

Servings - 24 bites

Ingredients 

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• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 15 oz Ricotta cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 Tbsp dried basil
• 1 egg
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper
• 2 cans crescent roll dough
• 1/3 cup Blue Cheese

Instructions

• Cook the hamburger with the Worcestershire sauce and garlic, drain & set aside.
• Combine all other ingredients except the crescent rolls in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
• Press the crescent rolls together to form squares and then pat to thin it out.
• Cut out small squares with a knife to barely fit inside a greased mini muffin pan.
• Add hamburger mixture to cheese mixture and stir, then place by tsp onto the dough in the muffin pan.
• Place 2 or 3 Blue Cheese crumbles on top of each. (A little Blue Cheese goes a long way!)
• Bake at 350 for 15-16 minutes (until browned).