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Modern Cheese Balls

Maura McEvoy
Servers 16 Hands-On Time: 40m Total Time: 40m

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup wasabi-coated green peas
  • 1/4 cup granola
  • 1/4 cup ground gingersnaps (about 5 cookies)
  • 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan
  • 1/2 teaspoon whole fennel seeds
  • 2 11-ounce logs goat cheese

Directions

  1. Grind the peas in a food processor or crush them in a resealable plastic bag. Spread the crumbs on a plate. Repeat these steps for the granola, then the gingersnaps. Combine the Parmesan and fennel on another plate.
  2. Shape the cheese into balls, working with about 1 rounded tablespoon at a time. Roll the balls in the coatings.
December 2005
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Quick Tip

Roll the cheese into balls and refrigerate them, uncoated, for up to 24 hours. Roll the balls in the coatings no more than 1 hour before the party.

Nutritional Information

  • Per Serving
  • Calories 156.87Calories From Fat 64%
  • Calcium  85.55mg
  • Carbohydrate  4.35g
  • Cholesterol  21.75mg
  • Fat  11.09g
  • Fiber  0.63g
  • Iron  1.2mg
  • Protein  9.99mg
  • Sodium  210.53mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101.

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