Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  cup           sliced and blanched almonds
  12      ounces        sweet gorgonzola cheese -- at room temperature
                        (may substitute roquefort domestic blue
                        -- or maytag blue)
   2                    granny smith apples -- cored and seeded
   1      bunch         rucola -- washed, spun dry,
                        -- to yield 2 cups
   2      tablespoons   almond oil
   1      tablespoon    lemon juice
                        salt -- to taste
                        freshly-ground black pepper -- to taste
  12      slices        Italian country bread -- 1/4" thick

Preparation:

Preheat broiler. In a 10- to 12-inch sauté pan, toast almonds under broiler, shaking vigorously and watching carefully not to burn, about 30 to 45 seconds. Remove and let cool. Mix almonds and Gorgonzola with wooden spoon until well mixed. Cut apples into quarters and then cut into matchstick julienne and place in separate mixing bowl. Chiffonade the rucola and add to apple mixture. Dress with almond oil and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Toast bread on both sides and spread 1 tablespoon Gorgonzola mixture over each slice, top with a small handful of rucola and apple salad and serve immediately. Source: MOLTO MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # MB-5676)