Blue Cheese Shortbread Leaves with Cream Cheese-Chutney Roulade
- 3 1/2 ounces crumbled blue cheese (about 1/2 cup)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup walnuts, finely chopped
- 1 8-ounce package chilled cream cheese
- 2/3 cup purchased spiced cranberry-apple chutney
- 1/2 cup very thinly sliced green onions
- Blend blue cheese and butter in processor until creamy.
- Add flour, cornstarch, salt, and pepper.
- Using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add walnuts and process just until moist clumps form.
- Gather dough into ball.
- Flatten into disk.
- Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll out dough between sheets of plastic wrap to 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Remove top sheet.
- Using 2 1/2x1-inch leaf-shaped cookie cutter, cut out leaves.
- Transfer leaves to prepared baking sheets.
- Gather dough scraps and reroll; cut out additional leaves.
- Transfer to prepared baking sheets.
- Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
- Transfer leaves to rack and cool.
- (Can be prepared 3 days ahead.
- Store in airtight container at room temperature.)
- Using rolling pin, flatten cream cheese between sheets of plastic wrap; roll into 10x8-inch rectangle.
- Remove top sheet of plastic wrap.
- Spread 1/3 cup chutney atop cream cheese rectangle, leaving 1-inch plain border.
- Sprinkle chutney with 2 tablespoons green onions.
- Using plastic as aid and starting at 1 long side, roll up cream cheese, jelly-roll style, into log.
- Gently press remaining green onions onto roulade.
- Wrap roulade tightly with plastic.
- Refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
- Place roulade on platter.
- Surround with shortbread leaves.
- Top roulade with remaining 1/3 cup chutney and serve.
blue cheese, unsalted butter, flour, cornstarch, coarse salt, ground black pepper, walnuts, cream cheese, cranberryapple, very
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/blue-cheese-shortbread-leaves-with-cream-cheese-chutney-roulade-107244 (may not work)