Recipe - Blue Cheese Raisin And Walnut Crepes

One half cup Water
One half cup Dry white wine
2 tablespoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Grated lemon zest
1/8 teaspoon Each ground cinnamon and
cloves
2/3 cup Golden raisins
2/3 cup Sweet port
Large pinch freshly ground
black pepper
One fourth cup Dry red wine
2 teaspoon Cornstarch
4 ounce Creamy blue cheese such as
Blue Castello, Campazola,
etc. cut in eight slices
One half cup Toasted walnuts

GARNISH
Powdered sugar and mint
sprigs

In a saucepan combine the water, wine, 1 tablespoon sugar, zest, cinnamon
and cloves and bring to a boil. Add the raisins and let them steep off the
heat for 15 minutes or so or until they are very plump. While raisins are
steeping, combine the port, remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, pepper, red wine
and cornstarch and stir until cornstarch is dissolved. Pour into a small
nonreactive saucepan and whisk over moderately heat until sauce thickens,
about 3 minutes. To serve: Divide cheese,walnuts and a tablespoon or two of
raisins with syrup in the center of each crepe. Fold crepes to enclose
filling and spoon a tablespoon or 2 of warm port sauce around (save any
extra port sauce for another use). Garnish with a dusting of powdered sugar
and mint sprigs.

Yield: 8 crepe
Recipe By :COOKING RIGHT SHOW CR#9668

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #300

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 08:01:04 0500

From: Meg Antczak meginny@frontiernet.net