Gorgonzola Porcupine Cheese Ball
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
2 cheese balls
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 14 ounces gorgonzola
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled and pressed
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon, juice and zest of
- 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
- 12 large celery ribs, washed and dried
- 1 (6 ounce) bottle of small cocktail onions
directions
- Place the Gorgonzola in a medium sized bowl.
- Melt the butter.
- Add the melted butter to the Gorgonzola and mix well.
- Press in the garlic, add the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, white pepper and stir until thick.
- Form the mixture into two balls.
- Wrap each ball in plastic wrap and chill for two hours.
- Cut the celery into 3 inch long by 1/4 inch thick sticks (you want to make sure your sticks are cut thin enough that cocktail onions will fit onto them).
- Drain the Cocktail Onions.
- Press the Cocktail Onions down on top of the celery sticks.
- Unwrap the cheese and arrange side by side on a nice, oblong serving platter.
- Press the celery sticks into the cheese ball so that they look like porcupine quills, with a little snow on top --.
- Enjoy!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Karens Krazy Kitchen
United States