Almond Cheese Pinecone

Recipe Ingredients

2 packets		Cream cheese - softened
2 packets		Process cheese spread with pimientos
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Blue cheese - crumbled
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Minced green onion
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Worcestershire sauce
2 cups	186g / 6.6oz	Blue Diamond - blanched whole almonds, toasted
		Pine sprigs - for garnish
		Crackers

Recipe Instructions

In a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese, cheese spread with pimiento and blue cheese until smooth. With a spoon, stir in green onions and Worcestershire sauce. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour.

On a work surface, with hands, shape cheese mixture into the shape of a large pinecone. Arrange on a wooden board. Beginning at the narrow end of the pinecone, carefully press almonds about 1/4 inch deep into cheese mixture in rows, making sure that the pointed end of each almond extends at a slight angle.

Continue pressing almonds into cheese mixture in rows, with rows slightly overlapping, until all of the cheese is covered. Garnish with pine sprigs. Serve with crackers.

Source:
Favorite Brand Names Recipes Cookbook, 1981

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