Holiday Tree-Shaped Cheese Ball

Name: Holiday Tree-Shaped Cheese Ball
Prep time: 4 h 20 min
Cook time: 4 h 20 min
Total time: 4 h 20 min
Yield: 7
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps basil pesto; 680 grams packages each) cream cheese, softened; 1 Tbsp grated onion; 59 milliliters finely chopped parsley or cilantro; 7 servings Red pepper sauce; 59 milliliters pine nuts or sliced almonds; 2 Tbsps chopped red bell pepper; 454 grams cups shredded Cheddar cheese; 0 teaspoons yellow mustard

Holiday Tree-Shaped Cheese Ball might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 23g of protein, 60g of fat, and a total of 645 calories. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 7. Head to the store and pick up bell pepper, mustard, pepper sauce, and a few other things to make it today. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Stir together cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Stir pesto into 1 half; stir onion, mustard and 2 or 3 drops pepper sauce into other half. Cover each half; refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape.

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Cheddar Cheese

Cream Cheese

Hot Sauce

Mustard

Onion

Pesto

Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to look like a pine tree.

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Cheese

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Baking Sheet

If desired, wrap each tree, label and freeze up to 1 month. Twelve hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator.

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Wrap

Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing it evenly onto trees. Press pine nuts onto trees in string form for garland. Press bell pepper pieces onto trees for ornaments. Top each tree with star shape cut from lemon peel.

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Bell Pepper