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Cheese Ball

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Val B. has been making this for years, and it is one of my favourite Christmas treats. Even after I left the Okanagan, she would mail me a nice container of it along with some other Christmas baking. It's the perfect savoury spread. It's chunky, spots of green onion for a little crunch, a little bit of heat, but mostly just cheese. I put my own spin on the recipe in recent years, and no longer just make it for Christmas.
If you wanted to make it fancier, you could put it through a blender, and pipe it onto crackers for better presentation, but that seems awfully fussy.
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword Cheese
Prep Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 Green Onions Finely cut
  • 3 Cups Cheddar Cheese Marble or Old or a blend of whatever your 5 year old would eat.
  • 250 g Cream Cheese
  • 1 Cup Sour Cream 18% is better. 4% is bad.
  • 1 dash Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 dash Tabasco Sauce
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions

  • Leave cream cheese out of fridge for an hour to soften.
  • Blend cream cheese, sour cream, Worcestershire and Tabasco.
  • Blend in cheese and onions.
  • Add seasoning salt and pepper to taste. A little paprika and garlic powder can give it a nice extra note.