Fruit cheese log
20 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Del Monte® dried apricots |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1 | pounds | Monterey jack cheese; shredded |
| 1 | pack | (8 oz) cream cheese; softened |
| ⅓ | cup | Milk |
| 1 | teaspoon | Poppy seeds |
| ½ | teaspoon | Seasoned salt |
| ⅓ | cup | Del Monte® golden seedless raisins |
| ¼ | cup | Pitted dates; snipped |
| ¾ | cup | Chopped walnuts |
| Crackers; for accompaniment | ||
Directions
Soak apricots in water for two hours; drain and chop. Blend cheeses. Add milk, poppy seeds and salt; mix well. Fold in fruit; mix well. Turn out on foil; shape into a log-type roll. Wrap securely in foil; chill until firm.
Roll in nuts before serving. Serve with crackers. Yield: 1 log, approximately 2 pounds.
Variation: Substitute ⅓ cup sherry for milk.
Recipe by: Favorite Brand Names Recipes Cookbook, 1981 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #885 by "Crane Walden <cranew@...>" <cranew@...> on Nov 1, 1997
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