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Whipped Blue Cheese & Apple Canapés

Whipped Blue Cheese & Apple Canapés

Gorgonzola cheese, Honeycrisp apples, cranberries, and walnuts are combined to create Whipped Blue Cheese & Apple Canapés. Whipped Blue Cheese & Apple Canapés pictured with Corned Beef & Cabbage Tea Sandwiches and Colcannon Potato Cakes with Smoked Salmon

Whipped Blue Cheese & Apple Canapés
Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons (3 ounces) Gorgonzola cheese, room temperature
  • 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup unsalted Irish butter*, softened, divided
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 12 slices whole grain bread, toasted
  • 12 (¼-inch-thick) round slices Honeycrisp apple (approximately 3 small apples)
  • 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
  • Garnish: fresh chives
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, beat together cheeses, ¼ cup butter, and salt with a hand mixer at medium speed until smooth. Transfer mixture to a piping bag fitted with a large French star tip (Ateco #826).
  2. Using a 2½-inch round cutter, cut 12 rounds from toasted bread slices. Spread a layer of remaining ¼ cup butter onto bread rounds.
  3. Place apple slices on top of buttered bread rounds. Pipe approximately 1 tablespoon cheese mixture into center of apple slices. Sprinkle with cranberries and walnuts.
  4. Garnish with chives, if desired.
Notes
*We used Kerrygold.

 

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