Roasted Grape & Bleu Cheese Bruschetta

Roasted Grape & Bleu Cheese Bruschetta is a fancy little bite made with simple ingredients you can’t help but love! They are great for any occasion!

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I freaking love bruschetta.  Dude, seriously?!  Little bites of toast with toppings from heaven.  YUM!  These roasted grape, walnut, and bleu cheese bruschetta are so good!  They totally work for brunch level posh-ness, date night in, or just impressing the heck out of your friends with simple ingredients prepared the right way.

So I got these Woot Fruit grapes for #BrunchWeek.  I had to get them delivered to my dad’s house because FedEx decided this was the one time my address wasn’t valid.  Go figure.  Anywho, I was totally confused when they told me they put the packs in the fridge.  Packs?  Of grapes and pears?  Turns out, Woot Fruit makes these pre-sliced and stemmed packs of delicious fruit perfect for the kids, packing in your lunch, or a portion-controlled snack.  Eddie (my fruitarian – I swear he’d eat only fruit if I let him) annihilated the pears, but I managed to save a couple packs of the grapes for this bruschetta.  And thank goodness I did!  Pair those sweet grapes up with some California Walnuts and you’re in business!

I ended up using a really pungent bleu cheese, cause it was in my fridge, so to balance the bruschetta I spread the bleu cheese really thinly on the toasts.  If you’re a bleu cheese lover, pile as much of the stuff on as you like.  But if you want something a little less pungent, grab a mild bleu cheese at the store or just use a thin spread and you’ll be good to go!

Take a look at what the #BrunchWeek Bloggers are cooking up today!

Beverages:

Oat-Chata from Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Egg Dishes:

Build Your Own Benedicts from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Ham, Asparagus and Goat Cheese Egg Muffin Cups from Cupcakes & Kale Chips

Bread, Grains, and Pastries:

Donut Holes with a Trio of Dipping Sauces from The Redhead Baker
Trail Mix Granola from Making Miracles
Bananas Foster Baked Oatmeal from The Suburban Soapbox

Main Dishes:

Vegetarian Breakfast Enchiladas from The Spiffy Cookie

Fruits, Vegetables, and Sides:

Caramelized Onion and Sweet Potato Hash from Take A Bite Out Of Boca
Asparagus and Heirloom Carrots Salad from Jane’s Adventures in Dinner
Roasted Grape & Bleu Cheese Bruschetta from Bread Booze Bacon
Papas con Chorizo from Sew You Think You Can Cook

Desserts:

Whiskey Walnut Tart from Love and Confections

Roasted Grape & Bleu Cheese Bruschetta

Julie Kotzbach

Roasted Grape & Bleu Cheese Bruschetta is a fancy little bite made with simple ingredients you can't help but love! They are great for any occasion!

4.80 from 10 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 12 pieces

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Ingredients

  

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Roasted Grapes:

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 ½ cups Woot Fruit red seedless grapes
• ¼ cup roughly chopped California walnuts
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

Bleu Cheese Spread:

• 2 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1 to 2 ounces crumbled bleu cheese
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• ½ tablespoon olive oil

Toasts:

• 12 slices baguette about 1/4-inch thick
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 to 3 teaspoon milk

Instructions

 

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Roasted Grapes:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a square baking dish (either 8-inch x 8-inch or 9-inch by 9-inch). Add the grapes and walnut to the dish and toss in the butter until coated. Sprinkle grapes and nuts with sugar and stir to distribute sugar.
• Bake for 15 to 17 mins, stirring once, or until the grapes are tender and almost bursting.
• Remove from oven and set aside.

Toasts:

• Place baguette slices on a Sil-Pat lined baking sheet. Brush or drizzle with olive oil.
• Turn oven to broil, and toast bread slices for 2 to 3 minutes (watch them carefully so they don't burn!) until golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and set aside.

Bleu Cheese Spread:

• Add cream cheese, bleu cheese, vinegar, and olive oil to a food processor. Blend until smooth. Add milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached. (You want a frosting texture.)

Assembly:

• Spread 1 to 2 teaspoons bleu cheese spread on each toast.
• Using a slotted spoon, top bleu cheese spread with grapes and walnuts.
• If desired drizzle with the pan's juices from roasting the grapes or a little honey.

Notes

If you have a really pungent bleu cheese I'd start with a light spread on the toasts. Unless you're super into bleu cheese, then choose your own level of cheese in your face. You could also choose a milk bleu cheese and use more spread per toast.

Nutrition

Monounsaturated Fat: 0 gPotassium: 0 mgVitamin A: 0 IUVitamin C: 0 mgCalcium: 0 mgIron: 0 mg

All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.

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Thank you to #BrunchWeek Sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, California Walnuts, Dixie Crystals, Grimmway Farms/Cal-Organic/True Juice, KitchenAid, Le Creuset, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Pacari Chocolate, Stonyfield Organic, Vidalia Onions, and Woot Froot for providing the prizes free of charge. These companies also provided the bloggers with samples and product to use for #BrunchWeek. All opinions are my own.