Cheese, Fruit & Nut Pairings
- 4-8 Servings
- 20-30 minutes
- Suggested Pairing: There are a lot of combinations here, but start with your favorite Riesling or Pinot Noir and work from there!
Ingredients
Cheeses and Pairings
- Roth Cellars Collection Cheese Kit (Superior Foods Featured Item: #11317 – Roth Cheese)
- Prairie Sunset
- 1 Granny Smith apple
- 3/4 cup almonds
- Aged Gouda
- 1 peach
- 3/4 cup pecans
- Grand Cru Surchoix
- 1 Bosc pear
- 3/4 cup cashews
- Canela
- 5 figs
- 3/4 cup walnuts
- Prairie Sunset
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (Superior Foods Featured Item: #42402 – Soul of Creta)
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp vinegar (white wine or rice wine)
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Preparation
- For each respective nut, roughly chop and combine with olive oil in a small skillet and set over medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and mix in honey, salt, pepper, and vinegar. Adjust flavors to taste.
- Break up cheese into pieces or thinly slice. Cut fruit into wedges or slices and place on a plate or platter of your choosing. Sprinkle with salt. Add pieces of cheese, spoon over the dressed nuts, and serve.
Tips
Amounts for the dressed nuts can all be made/adjusted to taste. Keep in mind that if you’re using salted nuts you might not need to add any extra salt.
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