Marin French Cheese: Chef Phillip’s Marin French Blue Apple Tower
By Marin French Cheese
Marin French Blue Apple Tower
1 wheel Marin French Blue cheese
or substitute with Le Petite Bleu
1 Fuji Apple or other sweet apple
1 bunch green grapes
Turbinado sugar (raw sugar)
1/2c fig balsamic vinegar
1/2c huckleberries
Start by placing fig balsamic vinegar and huckleberries in a saucepan.
Over med heat reduce mixture by half. Set aside.
Next using an apple corer start at stem end of apple and cut out three cylinders.
Slice each cylinder into half-inch circles.
Slice grapes in half
To assemble tower:
Start with an apple circle. Top it with a slice of cheese to cover.
Place a grape slice on plate and sprinkle with sugar.
Using a bakery torch caramelize the sugar.
Place caramelized grape half on top of cheese.
Drizzle reduction over towers.
Serve using toothpicks
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