Gorgonzola Porcupine Cheese Ball

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 14 ounces gorgonzola
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and pressed
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 12 large celery ribs, washed and dried
• 1 (6 ounce) bottle of small cocktail onions

Recipe

• 1 place the gorgonzola in a medium sized bowl.
• 2 melt the butter.
• 3 add the melted butter to the gorgonzola and mix well.
• 4 press in the garlic, add the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, pepper and stir until thick.
• 5 form the mixture into two balls.
• 6 wrap each ball in plastic wrap and chill for two hours.
• 7 cut the celery into 3 inch long by 1/4 inch thick sticks (you want to make sure your sticks are cut thin enough that cocktail onions will fit onto them).
• 8 drain the cocktail onions.
• 9 press the cocktail onions down on top of the celery sticks.
• 10 unwrap the cheese and arrange side by side on a nice, oblong serving platter.
• 11 press the celery sticks into the cheese ball so that they look like porcupine quills, with a little snow on top --.
• 12 enjoy!