Festive Cream-Cheese Wreath
Recipe: #36012
December 02, 2020
Categories: Dips, Snacks, Bacon, Cheese, Cheddar, Appetizers, Christmas, Potluck, Cream Cheese, Cold Appetizers, more
"From our weekday newspaper The West Australian."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (95.6 g)
- Calories 251.6
- Total Fat - 18.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 8 g
- Cholesterol - 42.4 mg
- Sodium - 585.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 2.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 0.9 g
- Protein - 19.4 g
- Calcium - 471.9 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat oil in a small frypan and cook bacon for 4 - 5 minutes until crispy and then drain on a paper towel.
Step 2
Wipe out pan, then return to heat and add walnuts and cook, tossing continuously, until golden and then remove to a board and chop into small pieces.
Step 3
In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, tasty cheese, bacon, walnuts, cranberries and pickled cucumbers.
Step 4
Using a spatula, begin to spread the cream cheese mixture onto a serving plate, shaping into a wreath.
Step 5
Sprinkle with finely diced chives and garnish with extra cranberries.
Step 6
Serve with crackers.
Tips
No special items needed.