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BLUE CHEESE CANAPES WITH PECANS AND GRAP




Source of Recipe


Gourmet


Recipe Introduction


Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 40 min


List of Ingredients




1/4 cup pecan halves (1 oz)
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 oz firm blue cheese, crumbled (3/4 cup)
30 small plain crackers such as Melba toasts
30 small fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
15 small red seedless grapes, halved lengthwise



Recipe



Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

Toast pecans in a shallow baking pan until fragrant and a shade darker, about 10 minutes. Toss hot pecans in pan with butter and salt, then cool.

Coarsely chop nuts, then toss together with cheese in a bowl, without mashing.

Top each cracker with a mounded teaspoon of cheese mixture, pressing together slightly, then top with a parsley leaf and a grape half, gently pressing them into cheese.

Makes 30 hors d'oeuvres.


Gourmet
October 2003