Recipes: Blue Cheese-Horseradish Spread - Grape Salsa

Life has become all about what TFM Corporate wants sampled. However, I still put my spin on it if I feel a recipe falls flat.  This weekend I prepared a Blue Cheese - Horseradish Spread to go with flank steak.

My Version:

     Blue Cheese – Horseradish Spread

     17. 6 oz. container Fage Total (Greek yogurt)

     8 oz. blue cheese crumbles

     ¼ c. Stonewall Kitchen Horseradish Aioli

     ½ tsp. salt

     Place all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.  Mix until 

     thoroughly blended.

Customers enjoyed this recipe with a deliciously tender flank steak.  A nice balance of blue cheese and horseradish.  Aside from "delicious", comments included, "the bomb", and "amazing". It paired perfectly with Bogle Phantom Chardonnay.  This is a definite must try.  

TFM Corporate:

      Blue Cheese – Horseradish Spread

      17. 6 oz. container Fage Total (Greek yogurt)

      5 oz. blue cheese crumbles

      2 Tbl. Stonewall Kitchen Horseradish Aioli

      ½ tsp. salt

      Place all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.  Mix until 

      thoroughly blended.

Customers never sampled this recipe as I felt it tasted too much like Greek yogurt with very little blue cheese flavor and no horseradish notes.  Sorry, but I don't want yogurt flavor with my flank steak.  

About a month ago TFM Corporate's sampling was grape themed.  The only recipe worth posting was TFM's  Fresh Grape Salsa. 

Fresh Grape Salsa

1½ lbs. red seedless grapes, washed, de-stemmed and quartered

½ clamshell fresh mint, finely chopped

½ small red onion, finely chopped

1 Tbl. TFM red wine vinegar

½ - 1 Tbl. agave syrup

Salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients and chill at least one hour.

Serve over goat cheese with TFM French Rounds or your favorite cracker.

Definitely a customer favorite.  Customers were amazed  they enjoyed grapes in a salsa.  Perfect over goat cheese.