Dried Apricots With Blue Cheese

Submitted by MaryMc

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

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• 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.

Reviews

[Chef Regina V. Smith]

I was looking for an easy recipe to take to a Christmas party and let me tell you this was a big hit. The room was literally buzzing about these tasty little delights. Easy, pretty, fast. The only comment I have to add was that I had a lot of cheese spread left over. My 1 lb package of apricots had 56 apricots in it. (OK ...I ate a few). After preparing the 56 pieces I ended up with quite a bit of the cheese mixture left over. Next time, I think I would make 2/3 of the amount of the cheese mixture required. This recipe was appreciated by the gluten free people at the party. A well deserved 5 stars. Thanks Mary.

 

[duonyte]

I have made this several times and it has been a hit each time. They are easy to make and can be made ahead of time, so no last minute rush. I did not bother toasting the nuts after the first time, and they tasted fine.

 

[Heather 2]

These are gorgeous and so tasty! They were a big hit at my cocktail party!