Dried Beef and Chives Cheese Ball
This Dried Beef and Chivess Cheese Ball recipe is a festive summer appetizer with its fun chive flowers, chopped dried beef, and hint of parsley and garlic.
Servings 24
Ingredients
- 16 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 8 ounces dried beef We use Budding brand 4- 2ounce packages
- 2 teaspoons Accent
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 Tablespoons parsely flakes
- 6 Tablespoon chive flowers rinsed and dried
- crackers and pretzel crisps to spread on the cheese ball when serving
Instructions
- Making a Simple Cheese Ball: In a medium to large mixing bowl, cream together the softened cream, Accent, garlic powder, and parsley with an electric hand-held or stand mixer.
- Finely chop the dried beef with a food processor.
- Mix in the chopped dried beef with the cream cheese and gently fold in 4 Tablespoons of the chive flowers.
- How to Form a Cheese Ball: Place the thoroughly mixed cheese ball on a large piece of plastic wrap that has been fitted over a soup/cereal bowl and sprinkled with a few chive flowers. Then, gather all the edges to the center and tighten the plastic to form the cheese into a ball form. Chill the cheese ball for at least one hour in the refrigerator. Remove the plastic wrap from the chees ball and place the cheese ball on a flat serving tray or cutting board. Garnish with the extra chive flowers. Serve chilled with crackers and pretzel crisps. Enjoy!
Notes
**Try rolling your cheese ball in chopped chives or more beautiful chive flowers for more onion flavor.**