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Almond Cheese Pinecone Recipe
Serves: 10
Keywords: Almond Cheese Pinecone Recipe, recipe, recipes, Almond Cheese Pinecone Recipe
Ingredients
Crackers
Pine sprigs for garnish
½
ts
Worcestershire sauce
¼
c
Minced green onions
½
lb.
Crumbled blue cheese
2
cn
Blanch toast whole almonds
3
pk
(8-oz ea) cream cheese softened
2
pk
(5-oz ea) pasturized process cheese spread w/pimento
Directions
- In a large bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese, cheese spread with pimento and blue cheese until smooth.
- With spoon, stir in green onions and worcestershire sauce.
- Cover and refrigerate about one hour.
- On work surface, with hands, shape cheese mixture into shape of large pine cone.
- Arrange on wooden board.
- Beginning at narrow end of cone, carefully press alsmonds about 1/4 inch deep into cheese mixture in rows, making sure that pointed end of each almond extends at a slight angle.
- Continue pressing almonds into cheese mixture in rows, with rows slightly overlapping, until all cheese is covered.
- Garnish pinecone with pine sprigs.
- Serve with crackers.