Olive Paste and Blue Cheese Canapi

Submitted by James Dykstra

"(Canapi De Pasta De Aceituna Negra Y Queso Cabrales)Note: This paste of black olives, garlic, and pine nuts is a lovely complement to a robust blue cheese, such as the outstanding Cabrales from Asturias in northern Spain. The black olives must be cured to give the proper flavor."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 batch

ingredients

• 1⁄4 lb black olives, cured, pitted
• 1 garlic clove, mashed to a paste (or put through a garlic press)
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄4 lb blue cheese (or more, Cabrales, Roquefort, or Gorgonzola)
• black olives (for garnish)
• long crusty bread, cut into 1/4-inch slices

directions

1. Place the olives, garlic, pine nuts, and olive oil in the bowl of a processor and chop as finely as possible. [May be prepared ahead]
2. Spread thinly on bread slices.
3. Cover with blue cheese.
4. Decorate with a piece of black olive.
5. Makes 2 canapis per serving.

Reviews

[Denise J]

Tasted good, but so intense that I think they would be better on very small crackers instead of slices of bread. One was a bit too much for most people at our holiday party- but everyone said they tasted great!