Old Fashioned Cheese Ball (with blue cheese)
This cheese ball recipe might be old fashioned, but let's get something straight, it's down right tasty. Bring this blue cheese cheese ball to your next holiday for the perfect appetizer.
Servings: 32 servings
Calories: 50kcal
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Cream Cheese Softened
- 1 ounce Blue Cheese
- 4 ounces Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded
- 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder or Onion Powder
- 8 - 10 drops Tabasco or Hot Sauce
- 1/3 cup Chopped Pecans
Instructions
- Add softened cream cheese, blue cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, garlic powder and Tabasco to a large bowl or to the mixing bowl of a stand mixer.
- Blend together until all the ingredients are incorporated into the cream cheese.
- Taste, and add more Tabasco, if desired.
- Cover with plastic wrap, and chill for one hour in the refrigerator.
- Form the chilled mixture into a ball, and roll in chopped nuts.
- Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and place in a zip-lock bag.
- Store in the refrigerator, or freeze for later.
- Serve with your favorite type of crackers such as saltines, Ritz crackers, Club crackers, pita chips, pretzel chips, etc.
Notes
- I prefer using blocks of sharp cheddar cheese, and then grating it myself with a box grater. The pre-shredded cheese contains anti-caking ingredients that will change the texture.
- Use onion powder instead of garlic powder, if needed or if desired. I did this out of necessity because I was out of garlic powder, and the result was still amazing.
- Sharp cheddar cheese will give it the most zing, but mild cheddar is just fine.
- Be sure your cream cheese is softened to room temperature to prevent clumps.
- Use a little or a lot of Tabasco or hot sauce to your desired flavor. I recommend using a few dashes, taste, and then add more.
- The original recipe calls for chopped almonds instead of chopped pecans. Use either, or other nuts such as walnuts.
- Love cheese ball? Try this Pineapple Pecan Cheese Ball Recipe.
- The nutritional information is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used.
Nutrition
Calories: 50kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 62mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 138IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 0.05mg