Red grapes coated in blue cheese and cream cheese, rolled in toasted walnuts.

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 6 ounces crumbled blue cheese, or Gorgonzola cheese
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 20 loose seedless red grapes, or red globe red grapes

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. On a sheet pan spread out the walnuts and toast in the oven for 7 to 9 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
3. In a bowl with an electric mixer, cream together the blue cheese and the cream cheese until smooth.
4. Put one tablespoon of the cheese mixture in the palm of one hand and in it roll a grape, shaping the mixture around the grape to coat.
5. Cover the remaining grapes and chill on a sheet pan for 15 minutes.
6. Roll the cheese-coated grapes in the walnut mixture to cover completely and chill for 30 minutes or until coating is firm.
7. Using a sharp knife cut the grapes into halves, remove seeds with tip of knife if using large red globe grapes.

Notes

• Wonderful with wine! But then, what isn’t?