Nutty Napoleans Recipe

Overview

From "Cocktail Food: Fifty finger foods with attitude" (Chronicle Books) by Mary Corpening Barber and Sara Corpening Whiteford. Toasted Pecans stuffed with English Stilton.

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F.

Step 2

Place pecans on a baking sheet. Bake until brown and aromatic, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

Step 3

Combine cream cheese, Stilton, port, honey and pepper in a food processor. Process until smooth. Transfer to a sealable plastic bag and squeeze mixture into corner.

To assemble:

Spread 1/2 of the pecans flat-side down on a sheet tray. Cut a small tip off the corner of the bag of cheese mixture. Pipe about a 1/4 teaspoon of the cheese mix evenly on each pecan half.

Top with the second pecan, flat-side down, and pipe a 1/4 teaspoon fo the cheese mix onto each napolean. Sprinkle with chopped chives to garnish.

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