Crudite with blue cheese dip

Votes: 1

Time: 20 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 10

A beautifully presented vegetable crudité platter with a variety of vegetables and a dipping sauce looks quite impressive and stylish. Serve it with wine or serve it on a festive table, and you'll demonstrate your impeccable taste and ability to deliciously combine simple, healthy ingredients. For a white-inspired crudité, arrange individual piles of green apple slices on a large platter, drizzled with lemon juice to prevent browning, along with white endive leaves, Mexican jicama (a turnip-like green onion), roasted cauliflower, and fennel root. The highlight of this vegetable platter is the spicy, sugar-glazed walnuts. All the ingredients complement each other in color and flavor. Dip them in a blue cheese dipping sauce with sour cream and enjoy.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Apples
Endive
Walnuts
Jicama
Cauliflower
Fennel
Blue cheese dip for serving

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Recipe:

Blue cheese dip

In a food processor, puree 220g of crumbled Stilton cheese (remove the rind), 0.5 cup mayonnaise and 2/3 cup sour cream.

Green apple

Slice the apple and sprinkle with lemon juice.

Endive

Sugar-glazed walnuts

In a bowl, combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon each apple pie spice and coarse salt, and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Cook 1 cup walnuts in boiling water for 3 minutes; drain and toss with the sugar mixture. Place on a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 350°F (175°C), stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Cool completely.