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Castello Summer of Blue — Blue Cheese Crackers and Blackberry Compote


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  • Author: Soni Sinha

Description

Sweet and savory, these melt-in-your-mouth blue cheese crackers are the perfect pair with slightly tart blackberry compote with lemon and thyme.


Ingredients

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Crackers

  • 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
  • 8 Tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 3 ounces blue cheese crumbled

For the Blackberry Compote

  • 1 Pint Blackberries
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • juice of a lemon
  • fresh thyme leaves- 2 tbsp

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degree F.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Wafers
  4. In a food processor place the flour,butter and blue cheese and process until the dough comes together and starts to form a ball.
  5. Empty the dough onto a floured surface and knead a few times to bring together.
  6. Divide the dough into about 30 balls.
  7. Press each ball slightly with your fingers onto the baking sheet while gently forming a round shape.
  8. Bake for 15 mins until golden.Cool for 5 mins and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Blackberry Compote

  1. Place blackberries,sugar,lemon juice and thyme leaves in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  2. Cook, stirring occasionally until the berries become soft and juicy.
  3. Allow to cool.
  4. To serve
  5. Top the wafers with a little bit of the compote when ready to serve.
  • Category: Appetizer