Almond Cheese Pinecone

Title:
Almond Cheese Pinecone

Yield:
25 Servings

Categories:
Appetizers,
Spreads




Ingredients:





     2 pk (8 oz) cream cheese;


          -softened


     2    Jars (5 oz) process cheese


          -spread with pimientos


   1/2 lb Blue cheese; crumbled


   1/4 c  Minced green onion


   1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce


     2 c  Blue Diamond? blanched whole


          -almonds, toasted


          Pine sprigs; for garnish


          Crackers






 In a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat cream cheese, cheese


 spread with pimiento and blue cheese until smooth. With a spoon, stir in


 green onions and Worcestershire sauce. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour.


 


 On a work surface, with hands, shape cheese mixture into the shape of a


 large pinecone. Arrange on a wooden board. Beginning at the narrow end of


 the pinecone, carefully press almonds about 1/4 inch deep into cheese


 mixture in rows, making sure that the pointed end of each almond extends at


 a slight angle. Continue pressing almonds into cheese mixture in rows, with


 rows slightly overlapping, until all of the cheese is covered. Garnish with


 pine sprigs. Serve with crackers.


 


 Recipe by: Favorite Brand Names Recipes Cookbook, 1981


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #877 by "Crane Walden "


 
on Nov 1, 1997