Parmesan Pine Cone
- Ready In:
- 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
2 cups (approximately)
ingredients
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2⁄3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh oregano (or 1/2 tsp dried, crumbled)
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- cracker
directions
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Spread almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Toast in oven, shaking pan once or twice, until almonds are lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Cool.
- In a medium bowl or in a food processor, combine cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, oregano, and garlic.
- Blend until well mixed.
- Pack into a crock large enough to hold the spread.
- Refrigerate until firm but still pliable, about 1 hour.
- If you want to get fancy, you can place cheese mixture on a serving board or platter and form into shape of a pine cone.
- Stud top with toasted slivered almonds to complete illusion.
- Or just stud the spread with the almonds and serve straight out of the crock with crackers (like I do).
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.