Blue Cheese Canapes with Pecans and Grapes |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 30 |
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Ingredients:
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 |
Directions:
1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
2. 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.
3. Coarsely chop nuts, then toss together with cheese in a bowl, without mashing.
4. 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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