Olive Paste And Blue Cheese Canapi

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb black olives, cured, pitted
• 1 garlic clove, mashed to a paste (or put through a garlic press)
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 lb blue cheese (or more, cabrales, roquefort, or gorgonzola)
• black olives (for garnish)
• long crusty bread, cut into 1/4-inch slices

Recipe

• 1 place the olives, garlic, pine nuts, and olive oil in the bowl of a processor and chop as finely as possible. [may be prepared ahead]
• 2 spread thinly on bread slices.
• 3 cover with blue cheese.
• 4 decorate with a piece of black olive.
• 5 makes 2 canapis per serving.