Gorgonzola Or Bleu Cheese Bites Recipes

PEAR GORGONZOLA BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° Unless using non-stick, lightly coat a mini muffin tin with cooking spray
• In a large bowl, combine flour, cheese, baking powder, walnuts, rosemary, pepper, & salt
• In another bowl combine milk, butter, egg, lemon juice, and pears
• Add the milk/egg mixture to the dry ingredients, combining quickly with a few swift strokes so as not to overmix.
• Use a tablespoon or a melon baller to fill muffin cups with batter
• Bake in center of oven 15-20 minutes until golden
• Cool slightly on a rack and serve warm, or allow to cool completely and store in an airtight container in the fridge until serving

BLUE CHEESE BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick cooking spray.
• Slice each biscuit into quarters, arrange then in the prepared pie plate. Pour melted butter over the biscuits, then sprinkle the biscuits with blue cheese.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

DRIED APRICOTS WITH BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Stir nuts in a small frying pan over medium heat until toasted, about 4 minutes.
• Pour from pan and cool.
• In a small bowl or food processor, beat or process cheeses and pepper.
• Spread equal amounts of cheese mixture on each apricot half.
• Press a nut onto cheese.
• Press cheese-side down into minced parsley.
• Serve cheese-side up on a platter.

GORGONZOLA CRANBERRY BITES

Steps:

• Blend together cream cheese, gorgonzola cheese and chopped cranberries. Shape into bite size balls. Roll in chopped pistachio nuts to cover. Arrange on platter with toothpicks and refrigerate until ready to serve. * A melon baller or small ice cream type scoop dipped into water might be helpful to shape balls.

BLACKENED STEAK BITES WITH BLUE CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Season sirloin with blackened seasoning to coat on all sides.
• Heat oil in a cast-iron skillet on an outdoor grill until the oil is smoking. Cook steak bites in hot oil in small batches, reheating oil between batches, until slightly crusty, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• Stir cream cheese and evaporated milk together in a saucepan over low heat to melt the cream cheese. Whisk blue cheese crumbles, garlic powder, white pepper, and cayenne pepper into the cream cheese mixture; simmer, stirring frequently, until the blue cheese melts into a smooth sauce, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve blue cheese sauce with the beef bites.

GORGONZOLA OR BLEU CHEESE BITES

Steps:

• Sprinkle puff pastry with the 4 oz of cheese and grind black pepper over it. Cover with plastic and roll lightly with rolling pin to set cheese into pastry. Cut with cookie cutter, ideally 1" round or triangle. Bake 1/2" apart at 350 for 25 minutes (NOTE: Tina's first attempt baked faster) Optional: mix some additional gorgonzola or bleu with cream. Knock a small hole in the top of the pastries and place a bit of this bleu/cream in the tops.