A month ago, André and I started to watch How I Met Your Mother again and couldn't help but laugh when one of our friend asked us if we wanted to have a "wine and cheese tasting": we are soooo grown up! ;) It was a wonderful evening and not exactly what I expected. In Quebec, when one says "wine and cheese tasting", it means: choosing the wine, making sure the cheese are going to fit with said wine and there is a special order to drink and eat. Bottom line: it is complicated and very well organized. What we had was a very nice, simple evening with wine and cheese: and we love those!
Then I thought about another wonderful recipe that my step mom made from time to time as an appetizer and would go great on a cheese plate: it has perfect blend of sweet and salty, like I love.
Blend 375mL of old cheddar cheese, 125g of cream cheese* and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup. Shape into 15cm long log using clinging wrap and put in the freezer for 20-30 minutes. Finely chop 1/2 cup pecans and cranberries (adjust the mixture to your liking, keeping the total volume to 1/2 cup). Put the chopped pecans and cranberries on a big plate, unpack the log, brush it with maple syrup and roll it in the chopped pecans and cranberries. Put on a plate and in the fridge until time to serve. Enjoy!
* In America, we have this very stiff cream cheese that comes in a block and I believe that is what is used here. If in Europe (at least in Sweden), we only have the "wiped", softer version of it and it makes things a little less easy to handle. So if possible, try to find the block and then you don't have to use the trick with the freezer.
Then I thought about another wonderful recipe that my step mom made from time to time as an appetizer and would go great on a cheese plate: it has perfect blend of sweet and salty, like I love.
Blend 375mL of old cheddar cheese, 125g of cream cheese* and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup. Shape into 15cm long log using clinging wrap and put in the freezer for 20-30 minutes. Finely chop 1/2 cup pecans and cranberries (adjust the mixture to your liking, keeping the total volume to 1/2 cup). Put the chopped pecans and cranberries on a big plate, unpack the log, brush it with maple syrup and roll it in the chopped pecans and cranberries. Put on a plate and in the fridge until time to serve. Enjoy!
* In America, we have this very stiff cream cheese that comes in a block and I believe that is what is used here. If in Europe (at least in Sweden), we only have the "wiped", softer version of it and it makes things a little less easy to handle. So if possible, try to find the block and then you don't have to use the trick with the freezer.
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