French Quarter Cheese Ball
The perfect blend of savory and sweet comes together in this French Quarter Cheese Ball. The pecan topping is warmed on the stove and poured over the top of chilled cheese ball. Serve with crackers.
May I just say that I think cheese balls can be beautiful? This pretty little appetizer is a tasty combination of (primarily) savory and (a little bit) sweet. I spotted this recipe over at Plain Chicken, one of my long time favorite food blogs.
In terms of size, keep in mind that this cheese ball only uses one block of cream cheese, so it is rather small when compared to other cheese balls that have two or three blocks of cream cheese.
If you have leftovers, store then in the fridge. To reheat, I put it in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Enjoy!
French Quarter Cheese Ball Recipe
Ingredients
For the cheese ball:
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
For the topping:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
Instructions
For the cheese ball:
- Combine cream cheese, garlic, 1 tsp Worcestershire and Cajun seasoning in a bowl. Mix well and shape into a 4-inch circle, about 1 inch thick. Refrigerate a few hours, until firm.
For the topping:
- In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, Worcestershire, Dijon and pecans. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, until sugar is dissolved.
- Remove cheese ball from refrigerate and place on serving platter. Pour pecan mixture over cheese ball.
- Cheese ball can be refrigerated until ready to serve. Remove cheese ball one hour before serving to come to room temperature. Serve with crackers.
- If you have leftovers, store then in the fridge. Reheat it in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
Nutrition
Recipe from Plain Chicken and Taste of Home.
This sounds absolutely delicious! I'm always partial to anything with Worcestershire sauce. Oh, and pecans too. Thanks for sharing!
Delicious recipe! Thank you for sharing this recipe. We are serving this at our book club meeting tonight!
Awesome! I hope your book club enjoys it 🙂
Before I do this, I want to make sure I'm reading this right. The pecan mix goes from stove, directly to the cheese? While it's hot?
Yes 🙂
I made this Saturday night and it was a great hit! I can’t wait to make it again. Thanks for the recipe.
So happy to hear that Vickie. Thanks for the feedback!