BLUE CHEESE CANAPES WITH PECANS AND GRAPES

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Categories     Fruit     Bake     Cocktail Party     Vegetarian     Quick & Easy     Blue Cheese     Pecan     Fall     Grape     Gourmet

Yield Makes 30 hors d'oeuvres

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/4 cup pecan halves (1 ounce)
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 ounces firm blue cheese, crumbled (3/4 cup)
30 small plain crackers such as Melba toasts
30 small fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
15 small red seedless grapes, halved lengthwise

Steps:

  • Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Toast pecans in a shallow baking pan until fragrant and a shade darker, about 10 minutes. Toss hot pecans in pan with butter and salt, then cool.
  • Coarsely chop nuts, then toss together with cheese in a bowl, without mashing.
  • Top each cracker with a mounded teaspoon of cheese mixture, pressing together slightly, then top with a parsley leaf and a grape half, gently pressing them into cheese.

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