Please Your Palate with These Cream Cheese Recipes
I just love Cream Cheese! I love it straight on a bagel, stuffed in something, or smothered with onion on a cracker. I also love Cream Cheese Cake!
Highlighted here are a few of my favorite Cream Cheese Recipes...
What About Cream Cheese?
Cream cheese is a sweet, soft, mild-tasting, white cheese, defined by the US Department of Agriculture as containing at least 33% milkfat (as marketed) with a moisture content of not more than 55%, and a pH range of 4.4 to 4.9.USDA cream cheese pr salmon
Cream cheese is not naturally matured and is meant to be consumed fresh, and so it differs from other soft cheeses such as Brie and Neufchâtel. More comparable in taste, texture, and production methods are Boursin and Mascarpone.
A Cream Cheese Recipe with a Little Kick!
Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos
These make a great appetizer at any party. One 8 oz package of cream cheese, with a few additions, will make up to 20 jalapeno halves. More if you select smaller jalapenos. However, in my experience, the larger the jalapeno, the milder the heat.
Making the Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos
What You Need:10 large Jalapenos, halved and cleaned
1 8oz package of Cream Cheese (softened)
1/4 cup shredded Jack and Cheddar cheese
4 slices of bacon
1 clove garlic (minced)
1/4 cup chopped white onion
To soften your Cream Cheese you set it on your counter. Do not microwave or heat.
Cut your bacon in small pieces. Begin cooking your bacon in a fry pan. When it is almost done add your onion and garlic to brown slightly. Drain the fat and set aside to cool.
Check your Cream Cheese. If it is softened, put it in a mixing bowl. Add the shredded cheese and cooled bacon, garlic, and onion mixture.
At this point you have two options. You can eat the appetizers as they are, which is really good; or you can heat your oven to 375 degrees and bake your Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos for 10 minutes.
If you choose to bake these, do so just before your guests arrive. Serve them warm. They will sit well and remain good to eat as they cool.
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This little mixing bowl set is awesome! I love the lids for covering my cream cheese creations while they chill or rest. I also love the size options. The small mixing bowl works perfectly for many of my dip creations!
What's an Appetizer?
'Hors d?uvre' (French literally outside of work'; English ) or appetizers are food items served before the main courses of a meal. The French (singular and plural) is hors d?uvre; in English, the ? ligature is usually replaced by the 2-letter sequence "oe" with the plural often written as "hors doeuvres" and pronounced .
There are several related terms, such as a one-bite appetizer, as an amuse-bouche (or other terms below, under: See also).
Cream Cheese Ball
Great for Crackers!
Cream Cheese Ball
This Cream Cheese recipe is sure to please! It goes great on any cracker or even mini bagels. I love to serve this at Christmas parties because it is so colorful and good.
Create a Cream Cheese Ball
Great for Crackers!
What You Need:
1 8oz package of Cream Cheese (softened)
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
4 slices of Bacon (cooked)
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 cup red onion chopped
2 green onions chopped
Set your Cream Cheese out to soften on the counter. Do not microwave or heat. Cook 4 slices of bacon, drain, cool, and chop to bits.
Once your Cream Cheese is soft, mix in the shredded Cheddar, minced garlic, and a portion of your red and green-onion. You should reserve enough of the chive from the green onion and about 1 tbsp of red onion to coat the ball once it is formed.
Mix all the ingredients together using a butter knife. As I mentioned above the knife really makes mixing easier.
To form your cheese ball, you can use your hands. But it's rather messy. When I'm shopping for my parties, I like to grab a few extra produce baggies to use as "gloves" for this job.
Leave the Cream Cheese mixture in the mixing bowl and round it out. Once round, transfer it to your serving dish flat side down. Fix any distortions. Top with remaining green and red onion. Cover and chill until ready to serve.
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Cream Cheese Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
What You Need:
20-25 Cherry tomatoes
1 8oz package Cream Cheese (softened)
1/4 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup frozen deveined Salad Shrimp (defrosted, drained well, and chopped)
1 clove Garlic (minced)
1 tbsp Parsley
1 tsp Lemon juice
Set your Cream Cheese out to soften on the counter. Do not microwave or heat.
Rinse and clear any stems or leaves from your Cherry Tomatoes and allow to dry well. set your tomatoes, stem side down, on a cutting board. Cut the bottom off and clean out the pulp and seeds. (Leaving the stem side intact limits rolling during display.)
A melon baller works well for this. If you do not have one you can use a small measuring spoon or a metal baby spoon.
Combine your softened Cream Cheese, shredded Cheddar, chopped Shrimp, Garlic, Parsley, and Lemon juice. Mix well.
Stuffing your Cherry Tomatoes is a tedious job. The method that works best for me is small scoops with a butter knife.
Some people have suggested I use a cake decorator with a large nozzle...I ended up clogging the nozzle with shrimp and breaking the bag. This was not a nice mess to clean up. It was also a waste of good filling. You can try it, if you want to take the risk.
Set your Cream Cheese Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes on a serving platter, cover, and chill until ready to serve.
Cream Cheese Recipes Served up Right!
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Your Cream Cheese Thoughts
Do you like your Cream Cheese straight or leaded?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byGive it to me on a bagel any day!
Mix it in a recipe please!
BusyMOM says:
believe it or not, I LOVE cream cheese with ruffles potato chips. It's my all time favorite comfort food! Great lens!
Posted November 21, 2008
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BusyMOM wrote...
Keep up the good research on Cream Cheese. It's one of my favorites!
Posted November 21, 2008
stargazer00 wrote...
I love cream cheese too. Love it in recipes or on a bagel!
Posted September 20, 2008
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- What About Cream Cheese?
- A Cream Cheese Recipe with a Little Kick!
- Making the Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos
- Amazon Spotlight
- What's an Appetizer?
- Cream Cheese Ball
- Create a Cream Cheese Ball
- You're Gonna Need a Plate for Your Cheese Ball!
- Cream Cheese Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
- Cream Cheese Recipes Served up Right!
- Your Cream Cheese Thoughts
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