Brie Cheese Grape And Pepperoni Puff Appy Recipes

GRILLED BRIE WITH GRAPES AND PISTACHIOS

Steps:

• Place a piece of aluminum foil under the rack of your grill and preheat it to medium-high.
• Drizzle the oil over the grapes and season with salt and pepper. Place the grapes and the brie onto the grill and cook, turning both occasionally, until the grapes are lightly charred and bursting, about 4 to 6 minutes.
• Remove the grapes from the heat, transfer to the serving platter and drizzle with balsamic. Continue to cook the brie for 2 to 3 minutes, or until grill marks appear and it is soft but you are still able to lift it. Add to the platter.
• Scatter the pistachios over the brie and grapes and garnish with a few basil leaves. Serve immediately with sliced baguette and crackers.

BLUE CHEESE GRAPES

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, milk and blue cheese in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth and creamy.
• Cover each grape with approximately 1 teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture.
• Combine walnuts and parsley in a small bowl. Coat grapes with walnut mixture.
• Line a plate or tray with waxed paper.
• Arrange the coated grapes on a prepared plate.
• Chill, covered for 30 minutes.

BRIE, GRAPE AND WATERCRESS BAGUETTE

Steps:

• Buy a part baked baguette while this is cooking in the oven slice some half fat brie, some green seedless grapes and wash some watercress.
• When the baguette is cooked, slice in half and spread a small layer of butter or favorite spread on it.
• Place the Brie, grapes and watercress into the bread while it is still warm -- Yummy!

BRIE CHEESE, GRAPE AND PEPPERONI PUFF APPY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F (180°C).
• Defrost puff pastry. Roll out on a floured surface to a 1/8-in thick rectangle & cut into 2-in squares.
• Whisk eggs w/water, paprika + pepper & use a pastry brush to brush the surface of the squares.
• Place 1 slice of pepperoni, a sml cube of cheese & 1/2 grape in the center of ea pastry square. Bring the corners inward to form envelopes & secure each w/1 of the soaked wooden toothpicks.
• Brush the surface of the envelopes w/the rest of the egg mixture, place on a greased baking tray & bake for 15 min or till lightly browned.
• Allow to cool slightly, remove toothpicks & serve warm or allow to cool to room temp & serve.
• NOTE #1 - There was some leakage of cheese w/my trial batch, but it mostly disappeared in the 2nd batch by inserting the toothpick till it "grabs" the grape, not all the way thru the puffs. The toothpicks work great here to allow for consistently shaped puffs & easy handling! :-).
• NOTE #2 (Added after 1st review) I made 1 chg to the orig recipe & now believe it was an error on my part as it left out a main source of flavor. I have corrected for that by adding back the pepperoni slices now in the ingredients & prep.