Brandied Grapes with Cheese

Thanksgiving is all about family, friends and delicious food. Luckily, the food blogging community is all about these things as well. To celebrate the holiday, Meghan from Cake ‘n’ Knife and Susannah from Feast + West are hosting Blogsgiving Dinner. There are 20 awesome blogs sharing 52 recipes.

Cocktails

Carolina Apple Sidecar from Think Fruitful

Bourbon Cranberry Lemonade Fizz from bethcakes

Krupnikas Ginger from I Cook. I Eat. It’s Life.

Appetizers

Cured Meat Platter from Wit Wisdom and Food

Baked Camembert with Cranberry Walnut Crust from Cake ‘n’ Knife

Ginger Cran Apple Chutney from Love & Flour

Brandied Grapes with Cheese from Glamour Girl Gourmet

Shrimp Sweet Potato Mousseline from Home at Six

Cranberry Goat Cheese and Butternut Squash Crostini from The Wetherills Say I Do

Maple Pecan Baked Brie from My Cooking Spot

Sassy Salmon Dip from Betty Becca

Baked Brie with Cranberry Chutney from The Speckled Palate

Butternut Squash Crostini from Chez CateyLou

Gluten Free Holiday Cheese Board from Twin Stripe

Soup

Butternut Squash Soup with Cornbread Croutons from Club Narwhal

Creamy Wild Rice Soup from Hello Little Home

Pumpkin Soup with Bacon Roasted Chickpeas from Feast + West

The idea is based on the old-fashioned progressive dinner party, in which you’d eat each course at a different guest’s home. Each blogger is bringing one or more dishes to the party on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this week, so be sure to stop by each one and get some ideas for your own Thanksgiving meal. Today's Courses include cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and soup.  

Brandied Grapes with Cheese

Ingredients:

Brandy

Grapes (Seedless)

Sugar

Cubed Cheddar Cheese

Directions:

• Soak grapes (fully submerged) in brandy for at least 6-8 hours.
• Take grapes out of liquid and roll liberally in sugar to coat.
• Once the grape is sugared, place on a skewer or fancy toothpick and place one cheese cube on the bottom so it can stand up.

Tips:

• Make sure you use good quality (drinking) brandy.
• The longer you soak the grapes the more alcohol they will absorb. Try not to soak longer than 24 hours.
• These are a great make ahead item. Just wrap them in plastic wrap and pop in the fridge.

We’ll be posting to social media with the hashtag #blogsgivingdinner. Hope you can join us!