Two timeless blue cheese appetizers-easy recipes easy recipes mark

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There is nothing like celebrating your holiday traditions by serving your loved ones a few timeless baking. Blue cheese can help take your recipes to the next level by lending its robust flavor to your favorite dishes. It can give any typical recipe an extra bit of character. Times change and so should your traditions with the addition of these timeless treats.

Brandied Blue Cheese, Walnut And Pear Crostini

Be sure to serve these immediately to ensure melt-in-your-mouth texture that you are sure to fall in love with. This recipe makes 8 to 12 servings. These also can be made ahead by toasting French bread and placing in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Prepare blue cheese mixture and spoon into an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Assemble when ready to serve.

What You Need:

1/2 cup butter1 cheese2 tablespoons crumbled blue to 2 tablespoons brandy1/4 cup chopped walnuts16 1/4-inch thick toasted French bread slices1 cored and thinly sliced ripe medium pear1/2 cup shredded white cheddar cheese or mozzarella cheese

How To Make It:

In a small bowl, let the blue cheese and butter stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Mash with a fork until well mixed. Stir in brandy and walnuts.

Preheat broiler. Top bread slices with pear slices. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the blue cheese mixture atop the pear on each bread slice. Sprinkle with cheddar or mozzarella cheese.

Place bread slices on a baking sheet. Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat about 2 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Serve warm.

Blue Cheese Puffs

This is a great way to show off the flavorful blue cheese in bite sized puffs. This recipe makes about 30 puffs.

What You Need:

1 cup water1/2 cup butter1/8 teaspoon salt1 cup all-purpose flour4 eggs1 cup crumbled blue cheese1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing1 tablespoon snipped fresh chives30 fresh spinach leaves (about 1 cup) 12 ounces roast beef deli-sliced or smoked turkeythin, cut into bite-size strips

How You Make It:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease two baking sheets and set aside.

In a medium size saucepan, combine the water, butter, and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is boiling. Add flour all at once and stir vigorously. Cook, stirring, until the ball is formed by the mixture. Remove from heat and allow it to cool for about 10 minutes.

Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth after adding each egg. Stir in the cup of the cheese, until combined. Drop batter by rounded teaspoons about 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. Transfer puffs to the wire rack and let cool.

In a small bowl, stir together mayonnaise or salad dressing, blue cheese and remaining chives.

When serving, cut tops from puffs. Place the spinach leaf in the bottom of each puff. Top with some of the roast beef or turkey strips and about 1 teaspoon mayonnaise mixture. Replace tops.

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