blue cheese balls - juustotahna

Name: Blue Cheese Balls - Juustotahna
Prep time: 25 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Scandinavian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) crumbled blue cheese (such as roquefort, gorgonzola, or danish blue); 3/4 cup(s) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1/4 teaspoon(s) tabasco; 1 tablespoon(s) onion, minced; 1 cup(s) toasted almonds, finely chopped

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Vicki Butts (lazyme)

Grapeview, WA

Updated on Jun 25, 2015

These intensely flavored cheese balls are delicious spread on Finn Crisp crackers or thinly sliced rye bread. They make a good appetizer, smorgasbord item, or an addition to a Finnish salad plate. From Sundays At Moosewood Restaurant.

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prep time 25 Min

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method No-Cook or Other

yield 16-18 walnut-sized balls

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups crumbled blue cheese (such as roquefort, gorgonzola, or danish blue)
3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 teaspoon tabasco
1 tablespoon onion, minced
1 cup toasted almonds, finely chopped

How To Make blue cheese balls - juustotahna

Step 1

Mash the blue cheese with a fork until smooth.

Step 2

Add the butter, Tabasco, and onion. Blend well.
Step 3

Form into walnut-sized balls.
Step 4

Roll the balls in the chopped almonds.
Step 5

The cheese mixture will be a bit soft and sticky, but you should be able to perfect the shape of the balls once they have almonds on them.
Step 6

Mound the balls in a pretty bowl, cover, and chill.
Step 7

Serve on a cheese board with crackers or bread and sliced cherry tomatoes or radishes.
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