Description
Homemade Cheese Ball Recipe: A great gift for the holidays! PocketChangeGourmet.com
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 packages (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened
- 2 packages of thinly sliced meat, pastrami or beef works best
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 teaspoons Accent Salt (or regular salt) Accent has MSG in it, so if you don’t want to use that, regular salt is okay, but use a little less
- 3–4 green onions, chopped finely
Instructions
- Place cream cheese in a large bowl and gently stir with a wooden spoon or silicone spatula until slightly creamy
- Cut meat and green onion into small pieces
- Add to cream cheese
- Add salt and Worcestershire Sauce
- Mix well
- Place plastic wrap on counter
- Add cheese ball mixture and form one large ball or divide in half for two smaller cheese balls
- You can also roll in chopped nuts if you want
- Wrap tightly and either place in a resealable freezer bag, wrap in another piece of plastic wrap or seal with FoodSaver System
- To serve, remove from freezer the morning or the night before you want to serve, place in fridge
- To give as a gift, add crackers and a small knife to a basket or colander
- Serve with crackers of your choice
- Prep Time: 10 mins