Cheese Ball with Three Cheese and Toasted Walnuts
A great cheese ball is a glorious thing to behold.
It sits in the centre of the table surrounded by crispy titbits that adds to it’s enjoyment.
It looks impressive and this one, tastes amazing
Filled with herbs and spices that enhances the softness and flavours of the three cheeses, topped with crunchy toasted walnuts it’s a wonderful thing to present to a group of people.
Go on, give it a go and enjoy your sweet life!
Surround it with things to scoop it up.
What You Need
400g Full Fat Herbed Cream Cheese – Room Temperature – See Tip Box
150g Mature Cheddar Cheese - Grated – See Tip Box
100g Parmesan – Grated
50g Walnut Halves
5 tbsp Mango Chutney
1 tbsp Fresh Coriander – Finely Chopped
¾ tsp Chilli Flakes – See Tip Box
Assorted crackers to serve
Everything in the bowl
How it’s Done
Set aside the walnut halves and place everything else into a large bowl.
Use a wooden spoon and mix it all together really well.
Line the correct size bowl with cling film. Try to have a few creases in it as possible.
Add half of the cheese mixture to the lined bowl and then tap it few times firmly on the work surface so that it settles in to the shape of the bowl
Add the remaining cheese mixture, give it another few taps on the work surface and then level the top.
Lay some cling film directly on the top of the cheese mixture and chill until ready to eat – no less than 1 hour.
To serve, place the walnut halves into a dry frying pan and heat until they are toasted – this will only take a couple of minutes in the hot pan.
Once ready, remove them from the pan to cool completely.
Once cold, roughly chop them.
Smooth the top before covering in cling film and chilling
Serve
Gather a plate large enough to hold the cheese ball and crackers, and removing the layer of the cling film.
Place the plate on top of the bowl and gently tip the cheese ball out of the mould.
Remove the cling film from around the cheese.
Gently press the chopped nuts over the cheese without misshaping the ball
Surround the cheese ball with a variety of cheese crackers and serve at room temperature but store in the fridge.
Make it look pretty and dig in
Tip Box
Chilli Flakes – Once tasted, if you feel you’d like a little more spice, add a little more of the chilli flakes.
Soft Cheese – It’s important to use full fat soft cheese in this recipe. A low fat is too liquid and won’t hold its shape.
Cheddar – Mature cheddar cheese is the thing to use here. The more mature the more flavour it adds to the cheese ball, and this is all about flavour.
