Pine Cone Cheese Ball

Name: Pine Cone Cheese Ball
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 16 Servings
Ingredients: 🥛 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened; 🥛 4 ounces goat cheese, softened; 🌿 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 🌿 2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon; 🌿 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme; 🧄 ½ clove garlic, minced, or more to taste; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 🧂 Salt to taste; 🧂 Ground black pepper to taste; 🌰 1 cup whole almonds, or as needed; 🌿 3 large fresh rosemary sprigs

Cost $12, save $10

Source: Recommended by CookPal

20 Min
16 Servings
$12

Pine Cone Cheese Ball

Cost $12, save $10

Source: Recommended by CookPal

20 Min
16 Servings
$12

INGREDIENTS

Main Ingredients
- 🥛 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 🥛 4 ounces goat cheese, softened
- 🌿 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 🌿 2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
- 🌿 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 🧄 ½ clove garlic, minced, or more to taste
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 🧂 Salt to taste
- 🧂 Ground black pepper to taste
- 🌰 1 cup whole almonds, or as needed
- 🌿 3 large fresh rosemary sprigs

STEPS

Stir cream cheese, goat cheese, parsley, tarragon, thyme, garlic, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl until smooth and well-mixed.

Turn cheese mixture out onto a serving platter and form into a tapered oval shape to resemble a pine cone.

Starting at the tapered end, press almonds into the cheese cone so that the tip of the almond is facing out and down until the cheese cone is completely covered and resembles a pine cone. Place rosemary sprigs at the top to resemble pine needles.

NUTRIENTS

Per 1 serving

🔥

176

Calories

6
Protein
3
Carbs
16
Fats

💡 Soften the cream cheese and goat cheese at room temperature for easier mixing.Use gloves when shaping the cheese ball to avoid sticking.For presentation, assemble the cheese ball directly on the serving platter to avoid transferring.