Appetizer - Cheese Ball

The ingredients sound really odd, but trust me, this is a great cheese ball and goes with any kind of cracker.

ingredients

2 pkgs. cream cheese
1 16oz can crushed pineapple, drained
1/4 - 1/3 cup green bell pepper, finely chopped
Morton’s season salt (not Lawry’s...you don’t want to use one with paprika)
2 cups chopped pecans (I use cookie pieces)

directions

Put cream cheese, pineapple and bell pepper in a medium mixing bowl and mix well. It’s easier to use your hands to make sure everything is mixed evenly. Gradually add season salt .... mix.... taste. Repeat. You’ll know when it’s enough. Add 1 cup of the pecans and mix well. By now, it’s pretty squishy and sticky....form into ball and place in center of serving dish. Shape so that it’s dome shaped on the dish. Sprinkle with pecans, little by little, and use hands to press a little and help the pieces stick. Completely cover the ball with pecans. Brush away excess pecans on dish and wipe away any excess mess the cream cheese may have made. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour. Serve with crackers. Be sure to set out a small serving knife (wide and flat like a butter knife) to use for spreading.

Source: Debbie Mattar