Walnut Grapes
Recipe By : California Home Cooking by Michele Anna Jordan
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers
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1 pound red seedless table grapes, such as -- Red Flame
6 ounces Roquefort, Oregon blue, or other -- blue-veined cheese
1/2 cup (1/2 to 3/4) heavy cream
1 cup toasted walnuts -- finely chopped
Fresh grape leaves for garnish -- optional
DIRECTIONS:
Wash the grapes thoroughly, pluck them from their stems, and dry them
thoroughly. Discard any bruised or damaged grapes.
In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine the cheese and cream,
pulsing quickly until the mixture is smooth. Transfer the mixture to a medium
bowl. Place the walnuts in another medium bowl.
Add 3 or 4 grapes at a time to the cheese mixture and use the tip of a spoon to
roll each grape around until it is coated with cheese. Carefully transfer each
grape to the bowl of toasted walnuts. Shake the bowl so that the grape rolls
around in the walnuts and becomes fully coated. Set each covered grape on a wax
paper-lined baking sheet. Continue until all the grapes are coated. Refrigerate
the grapes for at least 2 hours before serving.
Arrange the grapes on a serving platter, and garnish with fresh grape leaves, if
you like.
