Almond Party Cheese Ball Recipes

Steps:

• Stir cream cheese, goat cheese, parsley, tarragon, thyme, garlic, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl until smooth and well-mixed.
• Turn cheese mixture out onto a serving platter and form into a tapered oval shape to resemble a pine cone.
• Starting at the tapered end, press almonds into the cheese cone so that the tip of the almond is facing out and down, and cheese cone is completely covered with almonds and resembles a pine cone. Place rosemary sprigs at the top to resemble pine needles.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Place and spread all the almonds on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan, pushing the almonds around until they turn color, about 20 minutes.
• Mix together the cream cheese and the mayonnaise. Add the bacon, salt and pepper, dill, and onion. Chill overnight.
• On a serving platter, make 2 pine cone shapes with the cheese. Begin to press the almonds at a slight angle into the cheese, starting at the narrow end of the pine cone shape.
• Do this in rows, continuing to overlap rows until all the cheese is covered. Garnish with fake sprigs, or real ones, or with rosemary.
• Serve at room temperature and spread on crackers.

Steps:

• I use a rolling pin to slightly crush the bag of vegetable soup mix before I open it.
• Mix it up a bit so when you measure it out you will get part of the seasonings and part of the vegetables.
• Mix cream cheese, cheddar cheese, jack cheese, Swiss cheese, soup mix, onion, red pepper, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice and ground red pepper.
• Form cheese mixture into 2 balls and roll in ground almonds (or pecans) and press into ball to coat it well.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight to allow flavors to blend.
• This cheese ball will freeze well if desired.
• Flavors are best if served at room temperature.
• Serve with your favorite assortment of crackers.
• This cheese ball makes a great filling for Jalapeno poppers.

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese at room temperature with ginger, place on wax paper and shape into ball and refg. for a couple of hours. Then roll in almonds serve with crackers.