Sesame Coated Cheese Ball
The perfect appetiser for dinner parties or other social gatherings. Mature cheddar is blended with soured cream and a variety of seasonings, chilled, formed into a ball and then rolled in toasted black sesame seeds. Serve with crackers, crostini or crusty bread.
Ingredients
Serves: 16
- 565g mature Cheddar cheese, grated
- 250ml soured cream
- 50g butter, melted and cooled
- 1 tablespoon horseradish
- 1 teaspoon hot mustard
- 2 dashes hot pepper sauce
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons port wine
- 70g black sesame seeds
Method
Prep:20min ›
Extra time:2hr chilling ›
Ready in:2hr20min
- In a food processor, combine the Cheddar cheese, soured cream, butter, horseradish, hot mustard, hot pepper sauce, garlic and port wine. Pulse until smooth. You can use a potato masher in a large bowl but it will take longer.
- Line a bowl with cling film and fill with the cheese mixture. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan over medium heat just until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Gather the cling film around the cheese mixture and form into a ball. Remove the cling film and roll the ball in sesame seeds to coat. Place in the centre of a serving plate and surround with your favourite crackers.
Ingredients
If your local supermarket doesn't stock black sesame seeds, you can find them in Oriental speciality stores.
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Great recipe for a cheese ball. Be creative I sculpted mine into a rat and used the left over port to create a simple raspberry port sauce.. I uploaded the pic! It was a hit! - 02 Nov 2009 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Wow, this is an excellent recipe for any time of year! I used poppy seeds and served with water crackers and black grapes for our Halloween party. - 27 Jun 2009 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
This is a yummy appitizer in an awesome presentation. A few additions I made were (1) dropping a few drops of green food coloring into the food processed. (2) Throwing a few plastic bugs/snakes that I found in the toy box into the dishwasher and them positioning them around/ on the cheese ball. I even won 1st place at a Halloween party last year! Thanks for your awesome recipe and great idea! - 31 Oct 2009 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)