GRAPE APPETIZERS WITH ROQUEFORT CHEESE AND NUTS   
  Ingredients :
    10 oz almonds, nuts or pecans
    1 cup cream cheese, at room temperature
    ½ cup roquefort cheese, at room temperature
    2 tablespoons cream
    50 seedless grapes, red or green

  Preparation:

Preheat oven to 300 °F (150 °C).

Spread nuts on a baking sheet and bake in oven until lightly toasted. Chop or process nuts coarsely.

Beat or process cream cheese and roquefort cheese until soft.

Rinse and dry grapes. Drop grapes in cheese mixture. Stir with a spatula until each grape is coated with cheese mixture. Roll one grape at a time in the nuts until they are well coated. Transfer grapes to a baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until 30 minutes before serving.

Yields: 50 grapes
 
       
       
 
  Back