Cheese Trees Or Snowman
| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy, Grains | Appetizers/, Cheese | 1 | Servings | |
INGREDIENTS
| 3 | 8 oz cream cheese | |
| softened | ||
| 4 | c | Cheddar cheese, 16 ounces |
| shredded | ||
| 2 | T | Pesto |
| 1 | T | Grated onions |
| 1/4 | t | Ground mustard |
| 2 | Red pepper sauce, up to 3 | |
| 1/4 | c | Pine nuts or sliced almonds |
| 2 | T | Chopped red bell pepper |
| Assorted crackers | ||
| Kale or Bibb lettuce |
INSTRUCTIONS
Mix cream cheese and Cheddar cheese; divide in half. Mix pesto into 1 half; mix onion, mustard and pepper sauce into other half. Cover each halh and refrigerate about 4 hours or until firm enough to shape. Place cheese mixtures on cookie sheet. Shape each half into cone shape to resemble Christmas tree. Wrap each tree and freeze..Can be stored up to 1 month... 12 hours before serving, remove trees from freezer. Thaw in wrapper in refrigerator. Just before serving, roll trees in parsley, pressing parsley 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.... Dress up the trees with a tree skirt using kale or Bibb lettuce. For Snowman: Omit parsley,pine nuts and bell pepper. Mix cheeses together and divide into 3 equal parts. Combine 2 parts to equal two-thirds pf mixture; mix in pesto. Mix onion, mustard and pepper sauce into remaining one-third mixture. Refrigerate as directed. Shape each cheese mixture into ball; roll in 1/3 cup finely chopped blanched almonds. Wrap each ball and freeze. 12 hours before serving, remove balls from freezer. Thaw in wrappers. Arrange balls on serving plate with smaller ball on top for head of snowman, flatten slightly. Insert pretzel sticks for arms. Decorate as desired with sliced olives, capers, chopped bell peppers,ect... NOTES : Makes 2 trees or 1 snowman.... Recipe by: Betty Crocker 1994 Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 362 by ctlindab@mail1.nai.net on Dec 12, 1997
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 2430
Calories From Fat: 1702
Total Fat: 193.4g
Cholesterol: 566.6mg
Sodium: 3776.7mg
Potassium: 717mg
Carbohydrates: 33.1g
Fiber: 1.7g
Sugar: 13g
Protein: 140.6g