The cheese ball: classic, crowd pleaser, and easy to put together. But what about taking it up a few notches? Enter Chow's Turducken of cheese balls: layers of cheese, all assembled to create one massive, beautiful combination!
For starters, we cannot stop watching the animated shots of the cheese ball coming together; it's mesmerizing! Chow republished this recipe in honor of national cheese ball day (did you know there was such a thing?) which apparently was yesterday.
Cheese balls may be a bit old fashioned, but they are great for a crowd. This particular version is the ultimate of cheese balls: five pounds of cheese, including layers of flavorful toppings like parsley, chives, dried figs, toasted walnuts, pears, sliced almonds, pecans, and bacon. Chow started with a solid core of washed or bloomy rind cheese, and used cream cheese mixed with toppings as the glue between layers. It looks like a serious kitchen effort, but we'd love to try a bite!
What's your favorite way to make a cheese ball?
Get the recipe: How We Made the Turducken of Cheese Balls at Chow
Related: Good Question: Building a Better Cheese Ball
(Images: Chow)
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I love cheeseballs, and am totally on board with this glorious perversion of cheesey magnificence. Mmm.
Seriously?! What a waste of time and good cheese.
Gross. And a total waste of good cheese!
i would be willing to try this... but not buy all that cheese. most expensive cheeseball on earth
That's... overwhelming. I'd rather try the different cheeses separately.
MK710 - agreed. Overwhelming. I really like the cross section of it, though...maybe just pick one or two cheese/flavoring combinations and then layer it up? Could be interesting, aesthetically, although I guess it's not a cheese *ball* if you cut in half to show off...
Sooo...this is what bored cooks do in their spare time? *chuckle*
Lovely to look at and never met a cheese I didn't like. Wondering how
well all those flavors mingle? Curious enough that I MIGHT just try it...
I'd try it, for sure. The only thing that doesn't look delicious is the cream cheese having to hold it all together. Love cream cheese on a bagel, but I don't really want it contaminating my normal cheeses. I assume they pulled it off reasonably well, though, so I'd definitely give it a shot.
As a side note, it isn't a waste if it is eaten and enjoyed by those who made it, which the article clearly says it was. It might be a huge waste if YOU made it, but the ones they made for the write-up were not. I guess that this is the internet so you can be as judgy as you want, though.
I love cheese, but this is gross.