Stunning Cheeseball Appetizer
A cheese ball with penache!
Ingredients
- 2 - 3 cups whole almonds
- 1 8-oz package cream cheese
- 1/2 cup mayonaise
- 5 crisply cooked bacon slices, crumbled
- 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 1/2 tsp dill weed
- 1/8 tsp ground pepper
Instructions
- Spread almonds in a single layer in shallow pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes, stirring once until almonds begin to turn color. Do not overbake.
- Combine softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, bacon, cheese, onion, dill and pepper in a stand up mixer using dough hook.
- Cover and chill overnight.
- On a decorative platter, form cheese mixture into two cone shaped mounds.
- Begin at the bottom, begin pressing almonds at a slight angle into cheese mixture keeping almonds close together, Continue overlapping rows until all cheese is covered. Garnish with rosemary. ,
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Notes
If you need 2 appetizers to take to parties for the holiday season, this doubles really well.