What would the holidays be without the traditional Holiday Cheese Ball? This is an easy cheese ball recipe and it can be prepared a few days ahead of time.
I like to add a few teaspoons of my favorite hot sauce to this recipe to spice it up a bit. If you don't care for blue cheese, you can use Feta instead.
This is a good recipe for taking to a party. I can blend the ingredients, shape it into a ball and roll it in some toasted pecans. Then I put some colored holiday plastic wrap over it and place a bow on top. About 4 hours later it's ready to go with me to the party. Oh..and don't forget a nice selection of crackers to go with it.
Holiday Cheese Ball Recipe
Ingredients:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
4 oz. Cheddar cheese, Sharp
2 oz. blue cheese, crumbled
1 clove minced garlic
2 Tbls grated onion
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Worcestershire sauce
1 (2.25 oz.) can green olives, drained
Preparation:
Mix softened Cream Cheese, Blue Cheese, Cheddar cheese, onion, garlic, and 4 dashes of Worcestershire sauce in food processor. mix until blended together.
Add olives, and pulse until you get small chunks.
Put into a bowl, cover and refrigerate for one hour so it becomes stiff enough to roll into a ball
Shape the mixture into a ball, and roll it in the chopped pecans, coating the outside evenly
Cover in plastic wrap, and chill for a few hours in the refrigerator.
Pull out of refrigerator 15 minutes before serving so it will soften a bit.
