Prepare a few hours ahead and refrigerate, covered with plastic wrap.
ingredients
makes about 24
2 golden delicious or pink lady apples
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup Confectioner’s sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 3/4 cups blue cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup walnuts, finely chopped
1 stick celery, finely chopped
1/2 pound pumpernickel rounds
method
1. Peel and core the apples and slice each into twelve wedges. Brush with lemon juice and sprinkle generously with Confectioner’s sugar. Heat the butter in a skillet and, when foaming, add a few wedges and cook until brown and beginning to caramelize. Cool on a sheet of baking paper. Repeat with the remaining apple wedges, adding more butter to the pan as needed.
2. Combine the cheese, walnuts and celery in a bowl and spoon a little onto each pumpernickel round. Top with an apple wedge.
