Giadas Blue Cheese And Walnut Crusted Grapes Food

BLUE CHEESE GRAPES

Steps:

• 1. Combine cream cheese, milk and blue cheese in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy. Cover each grape with 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture. Combine walnuts and parsley in a small bowl. Coat grapes with walnut mixture. Line a plate or tray with waxed paper. Arrange the coated grapes on prepared plate. Chill, covered, for 30 minutes.

GRAPES ROLLED IN BLUE CHEESE AND NUTS

Steps:

• Blend the blue cheese and the sour cream and place in a shallow bowl (if the blue cheese is either too thin or dry to stick to grapes, adjust sour cream and cheese amounts accordingly). In a mini-chop or food processor, coarsely chop nuts. Place nuts in a separate shallow bowl. Roll grapes in blue cheese mixture, then roll grapes in nuts. Serve with toothpicks.

WALNUT AND BLUE CHEESE COATED GRAPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. On a sheet pan toast walnuts 7-9 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• With mixer cream blue cheese and cream cheese.
• Roll 1 tbsp cheese mixture over each grape to evenly coat. Cover and chill 15 minutes.
• Roll grapes in walnuts to coat. Chill 30 minutes.
• Using a sharp knife cut grapes in halves and serve.
• **Cooking time includes toasting walnuts and chill time for grapes.**.

BLUE CHEESE GRAPES

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, milk and blue cheese in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy.
• Cover each grape with approximately 1 teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture.
• Combine walnuts and parsley in a small bowl. Coat grapes with walnut mixture.
• Line a plate or tray with waxed paper.
• Arrange the coated grapes on a prepared plate.
• Chill, covered for 30 minutes.

GRAPE SALAD WITH WALNUTS AND BLEU CHEESE

Steps:

• wash, drain and remove from stems the red and green grapes.
• break walnuts into pieces, add to grapes.
• crumble bleu cheese, add half of bleu cheese crumbles to grape, walnut mixture.
• use fork to mix honey, salt and vinegar into remaining bleu cheese, crushing bleu cheese with fork.
• wisk in olive oil and pour over grape mixture, stirring to coat.
• store in refrigerator.

BLUE CHEESE GRAPES APPETIZER

Steps:

• 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.
• In a food processor, pulse one kind of nut at a time, until just finely chopped (don't overprocess). Place in separate bowls.
• Remove blade; wipe processor bowl clean. Add cheeses; process until blended and smooth. Scrape into a medium bowl.
• 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.
• To serve: Arrange grapes on a leaf-lined plate to resemble a bunch of grapes.