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
- Heat oven to 350 degree F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Wafers
- In a food processor place the flour,butter and blue cheese and process until the dough comes together and starts to form a ball.
- Empty the dough onto a floured surface and knead a few times to bring together.
- Divide the dough into about 30 balls.
- Press each ball slightly with your fingers onto the baking sheet while gently forming a round shape.
- Bake for 15 mins until golden.Cool for 5 mins and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Blackberry Compote
- Place blackberries,sugar,lemon juice and thyme leaves in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook, stirring occasionally until the berries become soft and juicy.
- Allow to cool.
- To serve
- Top the wafers with a little bit of the compote when ready to serve.
- Category: Appetizer