Easy Cheese Roll
Need to feed last-minute guests? This Easy Cheese Roll recipe is a breeze to prepare and sure to please! Make your platter even more stand-out with this tasty and simple side.
Recipe Tip For a tasty fruit and nut version, add ¼ cup chopped dried apricots to the cheese mixture instead of the sundried tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 125 grams cream cheese, chopped
- 1 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
- 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup mixed soft herbs, chopped
- 1/3 cup toasted nuts, chopped
- 1 packets gluten free crackers
- 125 grams soft cheese, chopped
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 125 grams cream cheese, chopped
- 1 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
- 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup mixed soft herbs, chopped
- 1/3 cup toasted nuts, chopped
- 1 packets gluten free crackers
- 125 grams soft cheese, chopped
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- Step 1 of 4Using an electric mixer, beat cheeses and tabasco together until creamy. Stir through the sundried tomatoes and season to taste.
- Step 2 of 4Sprinkle herbs and nuts in a square onto a 25cm piece of plastic wrap, leaving a 2cm clear border.
- Step 3 of 4Spoon cheese mixture along one end of the herb mixture. Lift wrap and roll cheese away from you into a log, pressing wrap gently in to the cheese to coat well. Twist ends of wrap to seal, then chill for 1 hour until firm.
- Step 4 of 4Remove from wrap, serve with crackers.
Method
- Step 1 of 4Using an electric mixer, beat cheeses and tabasco together until creamy. Stir through the sundried tomatoes and season to taste.
- Step 2 of 4Sprinkle herbs and nuts in a square onto a 25cm piece of plastic wrap, leaving a 2cm clear border.
- Step 3 of 4Spoon cheese mixture along one end of the herb mixture. Lift wrap and roll cheese away from you into a log, pressing wrap gently in to the cheese to coat well. Twist ends of wrap to seal, then chill for 1 hour until firm.
- Step 4 of 4Remove from wrap, serve with crackers.
Nutrition per serving
607 Kilojoules
Protein5 grams
Fat13 grams
Carbs1 grams
Sugars1 grams
Dietary and nutritional info supplied by NZ Nutrition Foundation
Method
- Step 1 of 4Using an electric mixer, beat cheeses and tabasco together until creamy. Stir through the sundried tomatoes and season to taste.
- Step 2 of 4Sprinkle herbs and nuts in a square onto a 25cm piece of plastic wrap, leaving a 2cm clear border.
- Step 3 of 4Spoon cheese mixture along one end of the herb mixture. Lift wrap and roll cheese away from you into a log, pressing wrap gently in to the cheese to coat well. Twist ends of wrap to seal, then chill for 1 hour until firm.
- Step 4 of 4Remove from wrap, serve with crackers.