Miniature Blue Cheese Balls With Winter Fruit
From chefmeow 15 years agoIngredients
- 30 dried apricots shopping list
- water shopping list
- 4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 2/3 cup coarsely chopped pecans shopping list
- 4 ounces cream cheese cut in chunks at room temperature shopping list
- 3/4 cup blue cheese crumbled shopping list
- 1 tablespoon brandy shopping list
- 1/2 tablespoon grated yellow onion shopping list
How to make it
- Place apricots in a sauce pan then add water barely to cover.
- Stir in vanilla then bring apricots to a boil uncovered and simmer 4 minutes.
- Test with a fork, the apricots should be tender but not limp then drain and dry well and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 then spread pecans on a baking sheet and toast pecans 5 minutes.
- Stir after 2 minutes and watch so nuts do not scorch.
- Remove and pour pecans on waxed paper to cool.
- Whirl pecans in a blender or food processor until very fine then set aside.
- Place cream cheese, blue cheese and brandy in bowl of a food processor and process.
- Add onion and pulse briefly to incorporate.
- Remove mixture to a bowl and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Remove cheese mixture from refrigerator then form miniature balls and dip tops in pecans.
- Place on an apricot nut side up then repeat until all mixture is used.
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