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Festive Cheese Spread

Servings 3
Prep Time 10 minutes
Chilling 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g light cream cheese
  • 30 g finely grated extra mature cheddar
  • 50 g toasted pecans (toast and let them cool down completely.
  • 20 g -30g dried cranberries chopped
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • Handful of finely chopped chives

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl add cream cheese, garlic powder and cheddar.
  • Add half of: cranberries, pecans and chives.
  • Mix well and refrigerate (or to speed up this part put in the freezer for 10 mins)
  • Add the remaining of the cranberries, pecans and chives around and shape. I have used cling film to helping me shaping the ball, without making too much mess (I still did make a bit of a mess behind the scenes )
  • Serve with your favourite crackers

Video

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: appetiser, christmas, creamcheese