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I love
salted roasted pistachio nuts, they are in the same family as
cashews...
no wonder they are good!
This is a delicious cheeseball appetizer combining the flavors of mild
softened cheeses with a
Port wine enclosed around sweetened fruit rolled in salted
nuts.... yum!
Just pop a cheeseball in your mouth and enjoy along with a good bottle of
wine or
your favorite beverage.
This cheeseball appetizer travels well,
I have made it many times and taken to parties and different events.
See more of my hors d'oeuvres with photographs.
Mini CheeseBall Appetizers
with Grapes
photograph created by www.finedinings.com
adapted from a recipe by Trish Magwood
Makes 20
1/2 cup Pistachio nuts, finely chopped
4 ounces Chevre cheese, softened
2 ounces cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 tablespoons Port wine
Kosher salt to taste
1 (6-inch x 6-inch) plastic wrap
1 pound seedless grapes, red or green
Place Pistachio nuts in a small bowl; set aside.
In a larger bowl mix the two cheeses with the port wine, and salt according to
your taste. Place 1 teaspoon of the mixture on the plastic wrap in the palm of
your hand; add a grape completely covering it with the cheese by forming into a
mini cheese
ball. Roll
in pistachio nuts coating
thoroughly. Repeat this process for each grape; refrigerate until firm.
Set each cheeseball on a platter and serve.
Wine
recommendation: Pinot Gris; Fumé Blanc
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