Wild Blueberries with Roquefort, Celery and Cumberland Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 cups of frozen Wild Blueberries
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1/2 cup Roquefort or blue cheese, crumbled
- 1 bunch of celery
- juice and zest of 1/2 orange and 1/2 lemon
- 1/3 cup of ruby port
- 1 teaspoon currant jelly (or other fruit jelly)
- pinch of cayenne
Preparation
Cumberland sauce: Combine citrus ingredients, port, jelly and cayenne in small saucepot and simmer until reduced by 1/2 or until thickened enough to coat a spoon.
Salad: Let Wild Blueberries defrost. Chop walnuts into small pieces and roast them gently in a coated pan without fat. Divide the Roquefort into bits. Clean and wash celery. Cut into 3-inch pieces. Fill celery pieces with combined mixture of Wild Blueberries, walnuts and cheese. Drizzle each filled celery piece with Cumberland Sauce.
Alternatively: Cut pieces of celery into 1/2" pieces, toss lightly with cheese, walnuts and Wild Blueberries. Drizzle with Cumberland sauce and serve as a salad on a leaf of Boston lettuce.
Nutritional Information per Serving (with sauce)
170 calories; 10 g fat; 230 mg sodium; 15 g carbohydrates; 4 g fiber; 4 g protein
