Pickled Grape and Blue Cheese Skewers

Here is another one from Sunday's paper that caught my eye and my pallet's imagination! Pairs well with yesterday's post.
(makes 24)

1 cup water
3/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 t. coriander seeds (you can buy these and the next 3 ingred. in stores that have bulk bins*)
1 t. mustard seeds
1 t. allspice berries
5 whole cloves
2 bay leaves, lightly torn
24 large seedless red grapes
4 oz. block of blue cheese
24 decorative toothpicks

Combine the first 7 ingredients (through bay leaves) in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to med.-low and simmer 1 min. Place the grapes in a heat proof bowl. Pour vinegar mixture over grapes. Cool to room temp, cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. To serve, drain grapes and pat dry. Cut the blue cheese into 24 cubes. Spear 1 pickled grape and 1 cube of cheese on each toothpick.

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Machete Milletti