Blue Cheese Grapes Appetizer

Tangiloo's catering's Note:

This recipe sounded so good. I love all the ingredients and plan to serve it at my next catered event.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 40 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 60 Grapes

• ½ cup shelled pecans
• ½ cup shelled pistachios
• ½ cup shelled walnuts
• 0.75 (6 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese , at room temp (Neufchatel)
• 4 ounces blue cheese
• 12 ounces seedless grapes , stemmed, rinsed and dried

Garnish

• grape leaves or mint sprig , rinsed and dried

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Place nuts, each kind separate, on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake, stirring once or twice, 8-10 minutes until lightly toasted. Let cool.
2. In a food processor, pulse one kind of nut at a time, until just finely chopped (don't overprocess). Place in separate bowls.
3. Remove blade; wipe processor bowl clean. Add cheeses; process until blended and smooth. Scrape into a medium bowl.
4. Line rimmed baking sheet with wax paper. Gently fold grapes into cheese mixture. Remove 1 coated grape at a time with a spoon, then push grape gently into one of the bowls of chopped nuts. Shake bowl to turn grape until coated. Place on lined baking sheet.
5. To serve: Arrange grapes on a leaf-lined plate to resemble a bunch of grapes.

Reviews

[Bogey'sMom]

These are so addicting, that I now mix up the blue cheese and cream cheese, and take grapes with me to work and just dip. The sweeter the grape, the better. I think the red work best.