What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Bright Ideas: Bleu Cheese Ball! I’ll never forget my first taste of bleu cheese. I was having dinner with my father in a charming restaurant nestled along the Mississippi River in the heart of Nauvoo, Illinois. The waiter came over and offered us a complimentary tasting of their claim to fame, bleu cheese. It was aged in the local wine cellars, he boasted, while pouring a taste of wine for the perfect pairing. One bite, one sip and I was in love. My father, on the other hand, wrinkled his nose and said the cheese tasted like old socks. Needless to say, I finished his portion.
BLEU CHEESE BALL
Ingredients:
8 ounces Neufchâtel cheese, softened
4 ounces bleu cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Green onion snips
Instructions:
In a mixing bowl, combine Neufchâtel cheese, bleu cheese crumbles, shredded cheddar cheese, and Worcestershire sauce. Form into a ball. Roll in green onion snips. Refrigerate for one hour. Serve with crackers, pretzel sticks, and smoked almonds.
Thank you, Gail, for your cheeses creation, and your beautiful, as always presentation!
Joanna
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You’re welcome, Joanna. It is I who appreciates your high praise. 🌟✨💫
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Thank you, Gail, for your gracious reply, but I was first!
Joanna
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I always have bleu cheese dressing and crumpled bleu and/or gorgonzola cheese on hand.
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Gotcha! Great minds think alike. 🤔🍃🤔
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You bet!
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I like bleu cheese when it’s mixed with other things, like in your tasty-sounding recipe. But to have it straight, I get your father’s ‘old socks’ comment!
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Marcia, you make me smile. What a blessing! 🤣🍃🌸
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While I absolutely adore it now, my first bite of blue cheese was not a great experience! It was way too strong for me (I was a kid) and it took me a long time to try it again. Luckily, my taste buds had matured by then!
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For me……it was love at first bite. 🩵🍃🧀
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That sounds wonderful
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Perfect for an afternoon “Happy Hour” treat. 🩵🧀💙
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Yes, that’s what I thought 🙂
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Delicious. Anything with blue cheese, I’m all in! 🙂
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Hurray for the bleu cheese appetizer! 👏👏👏
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Very similar to a cheese ball I have been making for years. Yummo!
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When you know, you know. 🤔🍃💜🍃🧀
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Awww! I want but I can’t…
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I understand. No judgement, Dolly. 💙🍃
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