Easy Cheese Ball Turkey Shaped Appetizer
Looking to make a cute thanksgiving appetizer? This turkey shaped cheese sculpture with pretzels is a perfect holiday snack.
Servings: 24 Tablespoon Size Pieces
Ingredients
- 5.3 ounces Boursin Cheese Softened
- 8 ounces Cream Cheese Softened
- 1 TBSP Chopped Parsley
- 1 tsp Chopped Chives
- 1/4 tsp Lemon Zest
- 1/8 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 dash Tobasco
- 1/3 cup Pistachios Chopped
- 1/3 cup Dried Cranberries Chopped
- 1/3 cup Dried Slab Apricots Chopped
- 1 bag Recipe No. 5 Savory Butter Pretzels
- 1 brie wheel
- 1 orange slice
- candy eyes and candy corn
Instructions
- Combine the Boursin, cream cheese, parsley, chives, lemon zest, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or in a large bowl if using an electric mixer). Mix, scraping down the sides as needed. until a smooth, uniform mixture forms.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add tablespoon-size cheese balls to the prepared sheet, then refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a food processor, finely chop the pistachios, dried cranberries, and apricots separately. Place the toppings in separate shallow bowls.
- Once the cheese has chilled, roll each piece into a ball between your hands, then roll each piece into one of the toppings: you should have 3 cranberry-rolled balls, 4 pistachio-rolled balls, and 5 apricot-rolled balls.
- Place the brie towards the bottom of the board. Fan the cheese balls out in 3 layers around the top of the cheese to resemble feathers in increasing order (cranberry, pistachio, apricot). Add the orange slice to the brie, then top with the eyes and candy corn beak. Place two pretzel sticks at the bottom of the brie for the legs. Stick a pretzel rod into the center of each cheese ball.
- Serve with more pretzels on the side!