Apricots With Blue Cheese

~Leslie~'s Note:

Choose whatever blue cheese you prefer but make sure it is slightly creamy. The broiling softens the cheese and brings the two flavours together. Created by Jennifer McLagan and Heather Trim for Food and Drink.

• Total Time: 7 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 36 apricot ...

• 18 small fresh apricots
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ lb blue cheese

Directions:

1. Cut apricots in half and remove pits, place in large bowl.
2. Mix oil and lime juice together and season with salt and pepper, pour over apricots and toss gently.
3. Place apricot halves, cut-side-up, on cookie sheets.
4. Cut blue cheese into small pieces and place in the centre of each apricot.
5. No more than one hour before serving place under preheated broil for one to two minutes or just until cheese softens.

Reviews

[realbirdlady]

A simple appetizer or dessert blending sweet fruit and tangy blue cheese. I used in-season peaches rather than apricots.

[evelyn/athens]

These are a superb little appie - and so easy! We are just getting our first apricots of the season and I used 9 for this recipe (scaled to half). Also used the 'good' blue (Roquefort).

[Cookworm]

I loved these. Others at my party felt they were too rich. But as they were used for an appetizer, I don't think rich should be a problem. We grilled these in the bbq and they turned out perfectly.