Pine Cone Cheese Ball Recipe

Learn How to Make Pine Cone Cheese Ball Recipe as a perfect Festive Appetizer using Almonds. Skip Cream Cheese and enjoy Cheese Mixture using our famous Garlic Homemade Cheese Dip instead.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine International

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Prep Time 15

Additional Time 2

Total Time 2 15

Servings

Calories 108kcal

Author Zuzana Paar

Equipment

Ingredients

2.5 Cups Hard Cheese
5 Cloves Garlic
1/2 Cup Sour Cream
1 Cup Almonds

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prepare all of your ingredients. Regarding cheese spread, I have picked my favorite mixture. Cheese depends on your taste. Any hard cheese you shred at home will work.
Into a big bowl, add all of the grated cheese. Into it, press your garlic cloves and sour cream. You can add a pinch of salt and pepper for extra taste. Gently mix well all of the ingredients together until you get a perfect cheese mixture. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for a few hours.
Pick a big serving plate. Into the middle place rosemary sprigs, fresh dill weed, or the branches of Christmas pine trees. Take out your cheese mixture and start piping the whole mixture on a plate forming two egg shape looking half balls.
Starting at the narrow end, spread almonds into the cheese. Gently push the thicker edge into the cheese spread with a slight angle. Keep placing all of your almonds until both of the balls are covered. Once you are done, with the palm of your hands, press on all the almonds to hold them together and make a unified layer.

Video

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Notes

Cheese - pick any of your favorite hard cheese. Even cheddar cheese, blue cheese, or goat cheese will work.
Almonds - best is activated almonds, but you can use roasted almonds, sliced almonds, walnuts, pecan nuts, or any other nuts of your choice.
Sour Cream - can be swapped with softened cream cheese, ranch dressing together with ranch seasoning or even a Worcestershire sauce for that extra unique taste.

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