This is a very unusual recipe. It will be perfect as a romantic picnic food or better to say a romantic picnic snack. In this recipe I will be using bitter or better blue cheese like Dorblu, Roquefort, or Gorgonzola. I am using original Roquefort cheese and cream cheese. Also you will need pistachios or other seeds that you may like more. One thing to consider about the seeds would be that they should not have a sweet aftertaste – at least as far as I am concerned about this recipe. However you may take which you like and experiment maybe your combination may come more to your taste. Also we will need grapes – large grapes with seeds. Some people prefer grapes with seeds thus if it is not a problem for you leave the grapes as they are – just wash and dry them with paper towel. However if you don’t like the grape seeds cracking on your teeth then make a cut and take them out or just use large seedless grapes. I leave the seeds for a more piquant taste and fun.

The sweetish juicy middle and the salty bitter coat makes cheese balls a perfect picnic food for real gourmands. A glass of good wine will be a must for such a special picnic food. Ideally a proper pairing with salty bitter food would be a semi-hard sweetish type wine. Thus if using Dorblu, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, or other blue cheese you will need Cabernet Sauvignon, Port, Gruner Veltliner, or Merlot type of wine.

Grape Cheese Balls

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