Creamy Blue Cheese with grilled vegetbles, peanuts and pickled onions
Spruce up lunchtime with a side of playful contrasts – our recipe for blue cheese with grilled vegetables, peanuts and pickled onions features full-bodied flavours by way of simple ingredients and straightforward preparation.
Ingredients
Pickled red onions:
1 dl vinegar
1 dl sugar
½ dl water
8 small peeled red onions cut in half or 1 red onion cut into thin wedges
Grilled vegetables:
8 pcs. mini fennel or 400 g regular fennel sliced
100 g green asparagus
100 g peeled white asparagus
olive oil for frying pan
salt
ground black pepper
4 slices of toasted bread
3 tbsp roasted salted peanuts
Garnish:
fennel tops
Preparation
Boil the vinegar, sugar and water together in a saucepan. Add the onion and let the mixture cool in the refrigerator.
Preparation
Warm up a grill pan. Cut off the ends of the asparagus. Sprinkle the vegetables with olive oil. Grill them for 2-3 minutes on each side and add some salt and pepper. Keep them warm.
Cut slices of Castello® Double Crème Blue and place them on the toast.
Add the grilled vegetables and the pickled red onions.
Garnish with fennel tops. Sprinkle with peanuts and serve.
Tips & tricks
Can be served alone or with grilled meats, such as beef steaks or chicken.