apricot-nut cheese

How To Make apricot-nut cheese

• Step 1
  In a bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add apricots and beat to blend well.
• Step 2
  Preheat oven F 350. Spread hazelnuts evenly on a baking sheet and bake about 10 min, or until lightly toasted. Cool. Pour nuts onto a paper towel, fold towel around nuts and rub briskly between your palms to remove as much of skins as possible. Return nuts to oven and bake 5 min. longer or until golden.Cool, chop coarsely and add to cheese.
• Step 3
  On a sheet of plastic wrap or wax paper, form cheese mixture into an 8 inch-long log.
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  Step 4
  Sprinkle with poppy seeds over cheese log so all the sides are coated with seeds
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  Step 5
  Wrap log with plastic food wrap and refrigerate 5 hrs or over night.
• Step 6
  To serve, place log on a cheese board and cut in about 3/8 inch thick slices. Garnish with Italian parsley. Makes about 20 pieces
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