Goat cheese appetizer with cranberries, sesame seeds and dry roasted peanuts
Make the perfect year-round appetizer with these colorful goat cheese appetizer balls, featuring shallots, feta cheese, cranberries, and roasted peanuts.
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 524kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 medium shallots finely chopped
- 20 tbsp fresh goat cheese
- 8 tbsp cream cheese
- 15 tbsp feta cheese
- 2 cups dried cranberries chopped
- 2 cups dry roasted peanuts crushed
- 2 cups sesame seeds
- handful of fresh dill chopped
Equipment
- spoon
- food processor
Instructions
- In a medium skillet, melt the butter.
- Add the shallots and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. Let cool.
- Add shallots, goat cheese, cream cheese, and feta cheese in a food processor and puree until smooth.
- Scrape the cheese mixture into a bowl, add fresh dill, 1 cup sesame seeds, 1 cup cranberries and 1 cup dry roasted peanuts.
- Refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
- Shape the cheese mixture into small balls then roll in a mixture of sesame seeds, cranberries and dry roasted peanuts to coat.
- Serve with crackers, flat bread or bread sticks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 524kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 466mg | Potassium: 332mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 528IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 409mg | Iron: 5mg
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