Mint Cheese Balls with Nuts
Description
Suitable both for a holiday and for everyday meals. After making the cheese balls, keep them in the refrigerator until your guests arrive, then surprise them with an incredibly delicious gastronomic appetizer. These minty cheese balls with nuts are made from hard cheese, cottage cheese, and Feta cheese. Mint and nuts are indispensable ingredients. The appetizer is ready. Serve immediately.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Hard cheese, cottage cheese, and Feta cheese—these are the three main ingredients our appetizer will be made from. Mint is an indispensable component for it. It is mint that will create an unmatched gastronomic flavor tandem. Even gourmets will appreciate such an appetizer.
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Step 2
2. Press the cottage cheese through a sieve, grate the cheese on a medium or fine grater, and pass the feta through a fine sieve as well. Mix the ingredients until smooth.
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Step 3
3. Rinse the mint thoroughly, remove the stems, and chop only the leaves. Mix all the ingredients again until homogeneous.
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Step 4
4. Shell the walnuts and chop the kernels finely enough. I usually put them in a sturdy bag and roll over them several times with a rolling pin.
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Step 5
5. From the cheese "dough", roll small balls, then coat each ball in nuts.
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Step 6
6. Arrange the mint cheese balls with nuts on a plate with lettuce leaves or other greens. Salt them to taste, but I don't use salt, since I use sufficiently salty cheese, and feta is also quite salty, so adjust the salt to your taste.