Dried Apricots With Blue Cheese

These look pretty on a hors d'oeuvres platter, and they taste wonderful.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 64 pieces

Ingredients

• 64  pecans or 64  walnut halves
• 1  cup  cambozola cheese or 1  cup gorgonzola
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1  teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1  lb  dried apricot halves
• 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, minced fine

Directions

1. Stir nuts in a small frying pan over medium heat until toasted, about 4 minutes.
2. Pour from pan and cool.
3. In a small bowl or food processor, beat or process cheeses and pepper.
4. Spread equal amounts of cheese mixture on each apricot half.
5. Press a nut onto cheese.
6. Press cheese-side down into minced parsley.
7. Serve cheese-side up on a platter.