Ingredients

• 12 sun-dried apricots, split in half
• 12 oz. Spinning Spider Creamery chevre cheese
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
• salt to taste
• 24 candied pecans, or your favorite nut, pistachios would be beautiful!

Preparation

With a hand or stand up mixer, whip chevre and spices with paddle attachment on low speed until creamy and well blended – place in zip lock bag with small whole cut in the corner – “pipe” the whipped chevre onto the split apricots and top with spiced pecan- display and enjoy!

For spiced pecans, toss nuts in a 2/3 honey 1/3 melted butter mixture and flavor with your favorite spices. Bake on a nonstick sheet pan in a 250-degree oven until toasted golden and fragrant, cool completely before using.

Recipe provided by Celine and Company Catering, “On Broadway”.

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