Savory Bacon Cheese Ball
The way I see it, a cheese ball is the perfect appetizer for just about any occasion. You can whip up a pumpkin cheese ball for a fall get-together, a snowman cheese ball for the winter holidays, or a carrot-shaped cheese ball for Easter.
But sometimes, you want something a little bit fancier than just cream cheese in a cute shape. That’s when you dress up your cheese ball with some high-class ingredients: goat cheese, crumbled bacon, fresh parsley, and chopped pecans. It’s still that classic party appetizer you know and love, but in a more high-end package.
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This snazzier cheese ball is great for dressy occasions like a cocktail buffet or a luncheon meeting (which you know is fancier than a lunch meeting because of that eon at the end). And because it’s still the same crowd-pleasing cheese ball on the inside, you can also bring it to a more casual party when you really want to impress the crowd.
Savory Bacon Cheese Ball
Ingredients:
6-8 slices bacon, cooked and diced
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves, divided
16oz packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 cup goat cheese
1 (1-ounce) package Ranch Seasoning or my homemade version
1/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Directions:
1. With and electric or stand mixer, beat cream cheese, cheddar cheese, goat cheese, Ranch Seasoning, Worcestershire and 1/2 off the bacon and 1/2 of your parsley. Beat until well combined and fluffy. Cover bowls and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
2. In a different small bowl, combine the remaining bacon, pecans and the rest of your parsley.
3. Removed from the refrigerator and shape the mixture into a ball. I use plastic cling wrap to wrap around the ball to form a nice round ball. Roll in the bacon-pecan mixture.
Serve with crackers.
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Savory Bacon Cheese Ball
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Ingredients
- 6-8 slices bacon cooked and diced
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves divided
- 16 oz packages cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup goat cheese
- 1 1-ounce package Ranch Seasoning or my homemade version
- 1/2 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- With and electric or stand mixer, beat cream cheese, cheddar cheese, goat cheese, Ranch Seasoning, Worcestershire and 1/2 off the bacon and 1/2 of your parsley. Beat until well combined and fluffy. Cover bowls and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- In a different small bowl, combine the remaining bacon, pecans and the rest of your parsley.
- Removed from the refrigerator and shape the mixture into a ball. I use plastic cling wrap to wrap around the ball to form a nice round ball. Roll in the bacon-pecan mixture.
- Serve with crackers.
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