Not The Usual Cheese Ball
From jaie 16 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 6
The mild flavor of the monterey jack cheese is perfect with the chili powder, olives and red pepper. Not the usual cheese ball as it gets a second "coating" half-way through setting.
Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded shopping list
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened and divided. shopping list
- 1/3 cup finely chopped onion shopping list
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise shopping list
- 1 teaspoon chili powder, more to taste shopping list
- 1/3 cup chopped, pitted ripe olives shopping list
- 1 large red pepper, chopped shopping list
- 1-2 tablespoons milk shopping list
- crackers to serve shopping list
How to make it
- In a bowl, beat together monterey jack, 3 ounces of cream cheese, onion, mayonnaise and chili powder until smooth.
- Mix in chopped red pepper and chopped olives.
- Shape into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- In a bowl, beat remaining cream cheese until fluffy and add just enough milk to make it easy to spread.
- Spread this mixture on and over the cheese ball.
- Cover again, loosely, and refrigerate for 2 hours more.
- Serve with crackers.
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