Recipes
Blue Cheese-Stuffed Martini Olives
40 servings
45 minutes total (Active 30 minutes)
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Ingredients
- 3 oz blue cheese
- 2 oz cream cheese
- 2 teaspoons dry vermouth (or gin)
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 40 whole, large pitted green olives
- 40 slivered almonds
Steps
- Crumble blue cheese and set cream cheese out to soften. Combine blue cheese and cream cheese in medium bowl. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Stir in vermouth and cayenne pepper.
- Spoon cheese mixture into pastry bag fitted with a small star tip. Pipe a little cheese mixture into an olive; insert one slivered almond. Pipe more of the cheese mixture until it sticks out the end in a star. Repeat with remaining olives, cheese mixture, and almonds.
- Serve olives immediately or place in an airtight container. Cover and chill for up to 24 hours; let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Amount per 1⁄40 recipe serving: Calories 20, Total Fat 2g, Sat Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 5mg, Sodium 125mg, Total Carb 0g, Fiber 0g, Sugars 0g, Protein 1g, Calc 2%, Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 0%