Caramelized Apples with Blue Cheese | Canadian Goodness

Ingredients

• Maple Syrup Sauce
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) maple syrup
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) 35 % cream
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Caramelized Apples with Blue Cheese
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) brown sugar
• Zest of half a lemon
• 1/3 cup (80 mL) Canadian Bleu Ermite or Bénédictin Bleu
• 8 dried dates
• 2 tsp (10 mL) coarsely chopped hazelnuts toasted
• 2 tsp (10 mL) butter
• 4 firm apples (Granny Smith or Cortland) cut in wedges