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Creamy Goat Cheese Ornaments
Ingredients
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1
8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
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6
ounces semi-soft goat cheese (chevre) or crumbled feta cheese
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24
pickled jalapeno pepper slices* or small pimiento-stuffed green olives, well drained
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1/2
cup dried red sweet pepper, finely chopped
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1/2
cup snipped fresh cilantro
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1/3
cup chopped toasted pumpkin seeds
Directions
1. In a medium bowl stir together the cream cheese and the goat or feta cheese until smooth. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
2. Using a rounded tablespoon of the cheese mixture, form it around a jalapeno slice or green olive, completely enclosing the pepper or olive.** Mixture will be sticky; moisten hands as necessary. (Chill mixture if it becomes too soft to handle.) Place shaped balls on a shallow pan. Cover with plastic wrap; chill for 1 hour.
3. Roll one-third of the balls in the red sweet peppers, one-third in the cilantro, and one-third in the pumpkin seeds to coat, leaving some white showing. Cover and chill at least 1 hour or up to 6 hours. Serve with picks. Makes 24 appetizers.
From the Test Kitchen
- Note *Hot peppers contain oils that can burn eyes, lips, and sensitive skin, so wear plastic gloves while preparing them and wash your hands thoroughly afterward.
- Note **For smaller balls, use a rounded teaspoon of the cheese mixture and omit the jalapeno slices or pimiento-stuffed green olives. Shape into balls.
Nutrition Facts
(Creamy Goat Cheese Ornaments)
- Calories 78,
- Protein (gm) 3,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 2,
- Fat, total (gm) 7,
- Cholesterol (mg) 16,
- Saturated fat (gm) 4,
- Vitamin A (RE) 82,
- Vitamin C (mg) 4,
- Sodium (mg) 155,
- Calcium (DV %) 40,
- Iron (DV %) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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