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Almond Cheese Pinecone
Almond Cheese Pinecone
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Appetizers, Spreads
Ingredients List
- 2 pk (8 oz) cream cheese;
- -softened
- 2 Jars (5 oz) process cheese
- -spread with pimientos
- 1/2 lb Blue cheese; crumbled
- 1/4 c Minced green onion
- 1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce
- 2 c Blue Diamond® blanched whole
- -almonds, toasted
- Pine sprigs; for garnish
- Crackers
Directions
In a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese, cheese
spread with pimiento and blue cheese until smooth. With a spoon, stir in
green onions and Worcestershire sauce. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour.
On a work surface, with hands, shape cheese mixture into the shape of a
large pinecone. Arrange on a wooden board. Beginning at the narrow end of
the pinecone, carefully press almonds about 1/4 inch deep into cheese
mixture in rows, making sure that the pointed end of each almond extends at
a slight angle. Continue pressing almonds into cheese mixture in rows, with
rows slightly overlapping, until all of the cheese is covered. Garnish with
pine sprigs. Serve with crackers.
spread with pimiento and blue cheese until smooth. With a spoon, stir in
green onions and Worcestershire sauce. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour.
On a work surface, with hands, shape cheese mixture into the shape of a
large pinecone. Arrange on a wooden board. Beginning at the narrow end of
the pinecone, carefully press almonds about 1/4 inch deep into cheese
mixture in rows, making sure that the pointed end of each almond extends at
a slight angle. Continue pressing almonds into cheese mixture in rows, with
rows slightly overlapping, until all of the cheese is covered. Garnish with
pine sprigs. Serve with crackers.
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