New Recipes for a New Year

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Christmas Cheese Ball

Casey looking picture perfect!
Ingredients

4 pkgs softened cream cheese
1 1lb shredded cheddar cheese
2  8 ½ oz crushed pineapple/
drained completely-use cheese cloth for best results
1 onion minced in food processor
2 cloves garlic minced
2 TBS Worcestershire Sauce
12 oz chooped pecans

Preparation
Mix well ( you have to use your hands) Refrigerate until firm.
Chop pecans in food processor.
Roll cheese mixture into balls and roll in pecans.  Wrap in clear wrap and store  until ready to serve.  It tastes best after a day or two –the flavors mix well.  Serve with wheat thins!


Makes 4-6 Cheese Balls


Notes from Liz
This recipe was created when I was asked to make "something" to give as gifts to the nurses when Larry was in medical school.  This was a surprise and not in the budget.  I had six cans of pineapple and someone had given us 3 lbs of pecans.  I had to by the cheese and this is what I made.  Now after 38 years, it is THE Christmas gift my friends request.  I make 15-20 every year - that means I have made between 600 and 800 of these.  I will be make 20 more for Christmas 2010! Necessity was the mother of invention and tradition.