Toast the walnuts in a small pan over medium low heat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and toast until you smell the nuttiness, about 3-5 minutes. Make sure to watch the pan and lower the heat so the walnuts do not burn.
Prepare the blue cheese by combining the blue cheese and 1 tbsp of the whipping cream in a bowl. Using a hand mixer, whip the blue cheese and whipping cream for about 1-2 minutes. Add more whipping cream as needed to get a light and airy whipped blue cheese.
Place about 1 tsp of preserves on each toast or crostini. Note, depending on size of crostini, you may want to increase the amount of preserves. I use these mini toasts. Just make sure the toast or crostini is covered with jam.
Place a large dollop of the whipped blue cheese on top. ofthe preserves. About 2-3 tsp.
Sprinkle each toast with the toasted walnuts.
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