Bleu Cheese Stuffed Wine Cherries With Honeycomb

5 steps · 45 min total

1. 01

   Reduce the Wine Mixture

   In a saucepan, bring the red wine, cinnamon stick, lemon zest, and sugar to a boil. Once boiling, lower the heat to medium and let it simmer until the mixture has reduced by half.

2. 02

   Poach the Cherries

   Add the cherries to the reduced wine mixture and poach them gently for just one minute.
3. 03

   Macerate the Cherries

   Take the pan off the heat and let the cherries sit in the warm wine mixture to macerate for half an hour.
4. 04

   Cool Cherries and Prep Cheese

   Carefully remove the cherries from the poaching wine and set them aside to cool completely. If you're short on time, an ice bath will speed this up.

   While the cherries cool, take the bleu cheese and roll it into 8 small pieces, each about the size of a cherry pit. Keep these refrigerated until the cherries are ready.

   When you're ready to serve, take a cooled cherry, gently split it into two halves, and nestle a piece of bleu cheese between them. Press lightly to secure.

5. 05

   Assemble and Serve

   Place each stuffed cherry onto a serving spoon. Slice a piece of honeycomb into a 1 cm cube and place it next to the cherry. Finish by topping each with an almond half.