Smoked Turkey Cheese Ball Recipes

Steps:

• Soften the cream cheese and add to a bowl. Slice the smoked turkey into small pieces and add to the cream cheese mixture. Add the 2 tsp of liquid smoke to the cheese mixture and form into a ball.
• On a sheet of waxed paper, mix the ground pecans and the dried parsley.
• Place the cream cheese ball in the pecan/parsley mix and cover the entire ball.
• Chill before serving, and serve with your favorite crackers. I like Triscuits.

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese and mayonnaise in processor; blend until smooth. Add turkey and process, using on/off turns, until coarse paste forms. Transfer mixture to medium bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup pecans and 4 tablespoons parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Spoon into small serving bowl. Sprinkle top with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans and 2 tablespoons parsley. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before serving.)

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the first six ingredients until combined. Shape into a ball; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. , In another small bowl, beat cream cheese and milk until smooth. Divide among four small bowls. With food coloring, tint one bowl brown, one dark orange and one light orange (using yellow and orange); leave one bowl plain. , Transfer each mixture to a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of each bag. , For turkey tail feathers, decorate the top halves of large oval crackers with tinted cream cheese. , Using the red pepper, form the turkey head, neck and wattle. For beak, cut a small triangle from summer squash; attach with cream cheese. Add eyes, using brown and plain cream cheese. Insert pecan halves and decorated crackers into cheese ball. Serve with assorted crackers.

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients well.
• Chill for several hours.
• Shape into 1 or 2 balls.
• Roll in chopped pecans (and/or parsley).
• Wrap well; refrigerate or freeze.
• Serve with crackers.
• I combine first 3 ingredients in my food processor. First process turkey then put in other ingredients and process until smooth.

Steps:

• Put first four ingredients in work bowl of food processor and run until mixture is smooth.
• Pour out mixture into a bowl, cover and let sit in fridge until it gets firmer.
• Roll mixture in a ball and roll into chopped pecans.
• Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.