Goat Cheese Wrapped Grapes

Here's another popular and easy appetizer I made for a wine tasting.  This one we paired with the upcoming Global Passport 2024 Pinot Gris Sauvignon Blanc.

​You can find the original recipe HERE. 

INGREDIENTS:
Seedless grapes
4 oz. cream cheese
4 oz. goat cheese
1/2 cup shelled pistachios, unsalted

DIRECTIONS:
Rinse and pat dry the grapes. Set aside.
Combine cream cheese and goat cheese until mixed well.
Take a bit of the mixture, wrap it around each grape and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat until you've used all of the mixture.
Chill the cheese wrapped grapes in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Finely chop pistachios and put onto a plate.
Once cheese wrapped grapes have hardened, take out of the fridge and roll in the pistachios. Return to baking sheet and chill for 45 minutes before serving.

VARIATIONS:

• Use green or red grapes, but make sure they are bite sized
• You can use just goat cheese or just cream cheese, if you don't have one kind
• I like using Wonderful Honey Roasted Pistachios and just goat cheese. They are pre-shelled and give a nice sweet balance to the tangy goat cheese.

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