Mom's 70's Holiday Cheese Ball. Texas Pete hot sauce Combine the sausage, cheese, pancake mix, chives, a big pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper in a large bowl and mix well. Now the charcuterie board is the new cheese ball. To be perfectly honest, I usually stir clear of a cheese ball if I see one at a party.
The holidays are all about tradition, and in our home one of those is this Easy Cheese Ball Recipe. While you can certainly enjoy this recipe anytime of year, it always makes it's appearance on the Holiday Party Menu. This Cheese Ball is the same recipe that I have been making for years, I've made them both covered with nuts and without nuts, our boys seem to favor them without nuts but. You can have Mom's 70's Holiday Cheese Ball using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Mom's 70's Holiday Cheese Ball
- Prepare of Ingredients.
- You need 8 oz of cream cheese, softened.
- It's 4 oz of bleu cheese, crumbled.
- It's 1 of jar of Old English cheese spread.
- You need 1 tsp of garlic powder.
- It's 1 of small onion, minced.
- It's 1 bunch of pecans, chopped.
Mix in by hand crab, shrimp and green onions. Spoon the mixture onto a large sheet of plastic wrap. Use plastic wrap to form the mixture into a ball. Wrap well and refrigerate for at least a few hours or overnight.
Mom's 70's Holiday Cheese Ball step by step
- Chop the pecans in a food processor until coarse. Set aside..
- In a large mixing bowl add the rest of the ingredients..
- Mix the ingredient together well and form a ball..
- In a flat pan spread the pecan pieces out and roll the cheese ball around, covering the surface..
- Pop the cheese ball in the fridge to sit overnight allowing the flavors to mingle. Letting the cheese ball come to room temperature before serving really lets the flavor come through..
- Serve with your favorite crackers. PARTY!.
Unwrap the ball and roll in chopped parsley. Place cheese ball on a decorative plate. Drizzle cocktail sauce over the top. Grab a cracker or baguette and enjoy your beautiful snowman cheese ball or Christmas tree cheese ball before it's all gone! Cheese balls are a fun, crowd-pleasing appetizer for holiday get-togethers.