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Cheddar pumpkin cheese ball

Cheddar pumpkin cheese ball

  • Starter
  • Halloween

A Cheddar and chive cheese spread coated in crunchy cheese puffs.

Active time20 min

CookingNo cooking

Total20 min

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Ingredients

  • a quarter of a cup of chives
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 3 cups of Cheddar
  • 900 g cream cheese
  • 3 cups of cheese puffs
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp fine salt
  • 150 g savoury crackers

Preparation

  1. Grate the Cheddar and snip the chives. Mix into the cream cheese with salt and pepper. Shape into a ball and flatten the top slightly. Score vertical grooves with a knife to form a pumpkin.

    a quarter of a cup of chives
    3 cups of Cheddar
    900 g cream cheese
    ¼ tsp black pepper
    ½ tsp fine salt
    • grater
    • knife
    • mixing bowl
    • spoon
  2. Blend the cheese puffs into crumbs and roll the cheese ball in them. Wash the pepper, cut out its stalk and place on top as a stem. Deseed the pepper and slice the flesh into strips. Arrange the strips and crackers around the cheese.

    1 bell pepper
    3 cups of cheese puffs
    150 g savoury crackers
    • blender
    • knife
    • cutting board
    • serving platter

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Milk

Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.

Sources and credits

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Cheddar pumpkin cheese ball