Classic Cheese Ball Recipe - Build Your Bite (2024)

FAQs

What are the best crackers to serve with a cheese ball? ›

Cheese balls are traditionally made with two kinds of cheese – cream cheese (or another soft cheese like quark cheese, mascarpone or ricotta) and a grated semi-soft or semi-firm cheese like cheddar, colby cheese, monterey jack cheese, or muenster.

Storing: A cheese ball should be stored in the refrigerator and will stay fresh for several days or up to 2 weeks depending on the freshness of your ingredients. To estimate how long your cheese ball will stay fresh, first notice the expiration date on the ingredients you are using.

Ingredients. Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Cultures, Enzymes), Water, Deproteinized Whey, Whey, Almonds, Reduced Lactose Whey, Butter (Cream, Salt), Skim Milk, Less Than 2% of Each: Cultured Sugar, Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor, Lactic Acid, Salt, Annatto Extract (Color), Fruit Extract.

The U.S. Department of Health doesn't recommend keeping any perishable food sitting out of the fridge for more than two hours — and that's certainly the case for soft cheeses, like cottage or cream cheese, brie, or fresh mozzarella.

Remove cheese ball from the fridge 30 minutes before serving so the cheese has time to soften and become more spreadable. Why is my cheese ball too soft? A cheese ball can be too soft if reduced fat or nonfat cream cheese is used. Stick to regular, full fat block-style cream cheese.

Cheese balls freeze quite well. Again, it's best to wrap the cheese ball in one layer of plastic wrap, then one layer of aluminum foil. Freeze for up to four weeks. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight.

Peppy Cheese Balls are baked and not fried and have no onion & garlic. They have 30% less oil than regular potato chips. Made from whole corn and using an elaborate extrusion process, Peppy Cheese Balls are coated with a lip licking cheese flavour.

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What is croc cheese? ›

Old Croc is the Australian cheese with a delightfully bold bite. Prepare your taste buds for an irresistible flavor experience that could only come from 'the land down under.'

I place them around some of the board's round central pieces, like wheels of cheese and ramekins full of accoutrements. The key is to arrange the crackers in a fan-like shape. I usually do a half circle, but if there's room you can go all the way around!