Cheese Ball Recipe
Servings: 3 cheese ball appetizers
Ingredients
- 2 packages, 8 ounces each cream cheese, softened
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon soy sauce
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 package, 8 ounces Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheddar Cheese, grated
For the outside:
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 3 Tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley
- 4 slices bacon, cooked
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, I used salted ones
Instructions
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, add softened cream cheese, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, pepper and soy sauce. Mix thoroughly with a rubber spatula.
- Add green onions and the grated Cabot cheddar cheese and mix.
- Divide the cheese mixture into three.
- Roll each one into a ball.
- Roll one cheese ball in chopped pecans.
- Mix parsley and bacon in a small bowl. Roll the next cheese ball in parsley and bacon.
- Roll the last cheese ball in sunflower seeds.
- Cover and refrigerate at least one hour. (Can be made a few days ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator.)
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