Blue Cheese–Stuffed Olives

Tangy blue cheese and zippy lemon zest make a tasty filling for green olives in this simple yet classy hors d’oeuvre.

Blue Cheese-Stuffed Olives

Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: none Yield: 48 olives

Serving Size: 6 olives

Ingredients

8 oz. (225g) blue cheese, crumbled 1 tsp. fresh lemon zest 1⁄2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 4 TB. heavy cream 48 large green olives, pitted 1 In a small mixing bowl, combine blue cheese, lemon zest, black pepper, and heavy cream.

2Use a fork to vigorously mix until a creamy consistency forms.

3Transfer mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a medium tip. (Alternately, you can cut a small corner out of a small plastic bag and use it as a pastry bag.)

4Pipe filling into green olives. Serve on toothpicks or in a small serving bowl.

Variation: Replace blue cheese filling with a whole Marcona almond to make Marcona Almond—Stuffed Olives.

Olives with blue cheese can make for a salty combo. To avoid this, soak olives in cold water for 30 minutes before filling.

Nutrition per Serving

Fat 80% Protein 15% Net Carb 5% Ratio 1.8:1 Calories 158

Fat 14g

Protein 6g

Total Carbohydrate 3g

Dietary Fiber 1g

Net Carbohydrate 2g