Description
The requests for this family recipe never stop, so here it is for everybody to enjoy. These cheese balls freeze well for months and make wonderful holiday gifts. To give the balls as gifts: wrap each ball or log individually in festive holiday plastic wrap.
Ingredients
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
- 1 pound shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Combine cream cheese
- Worcestershire sauce
- hot pepper sauce
- and garlic in a food processor; blend until well combined. Add Cheddar cheese and process until Cheddar is finely chopped but still very visible.
- Remove mixture from the food processor and shape into 3 or 4 balls. Place in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Combine pecans and parsley in a shallow bowl. Remove chilled cheese balls from the freezer and roll in the pecan-parsley mixture until well coated.
- Serve immediately
- or rewrap nut-covered cheeseballs tightly with festive plastic wrap. Wrap again with aluminum foil
- then freeze until ready to gift
- up to 4 weeks.
- Wrap each ball tightly in plastic wrap
- and then in aluminum foil. Place in the freezer for up to 4 weeks.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 15 mins
Servings: 12