Cheese Balls Revisited
When I was growing up, we'd have Christmas dinner with my parents' best friends. Lynn admitted that she was not a very good cook--one Christmas she forgot to put the roast beef in and wound up microwaving it. It was a memorable meal. I'm still not sure why she was given Christmas duty year after year. She did however make an incredible blue cheese/cream cheese ball covered in walnuts which we loved. I believe it had minced green and red peppers in it, but other than that, I'm not sure what the seasonings were, but I have a feeling that they were pretty basic.
I tend to think that the recipe came from a newspaper or magazine in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Does anyone have a similar recipe for this? Thank you in advance.
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nofunlatte
Nov 4, 2011 03:11 PM
My Better Homes and Gardens Encyclopedia od Cooking* (circa 1970) has a recipe for an olive-cheese ball with cream cheese, blue cheese, butter, olives, and chives, with walnuts pressed on the sides. If interested, I'll post the recipe.
*this set was a gift to me from my master's thesis advisor after his wife passed away. So retro and I am reminded--very pleasantly--of him whenever I look at one of the volumes (he has also since passed away.)
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My classic from the '70s has sharp cheddar in addition to the blue cheese, so I'm not sure it's what you're looking for, but my family and friends love it. I use the recipe as a guideline, but I don't measure precisely.
1 8 oz. block of cream cheese, softened
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
crumbled blue cheese to taste
1 Tablespoon finely chopped green pepper
1 Tablespoon chopped pimento
1 Tablespoon finely chopped onion
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (or minced fresh garlic to taste)
dash of cayenne or Tabasco
Combine all ingredients with mixer or food processor. Form into a ball or log and roll in chopped pecans or walnuts. (I toast the nuts.)›2 Replies
