Description
This smoked salmon cheese ball recipe is always a party favorite! It’s a highly addictive, creamy appetizer recipe everyone will love.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 ounces cream cheese
- 12 ounces smoked salmon
- 2 tablespoon sour cream
- 1/2 cup red onion, finely diced
- 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
- 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh herbs (chives, parsley, dill, etc), chopped
Instructions
- Step: Add the cream cheese, sour cream, salmon, red onion, and lemon pepper to a mixing bowl.
- Step: Use your hands to mix everything together. Alternatively, you could use a stand mixer.
- Step: Form the cheese mixture into a ball with your hands.
- Step: Mix together your chopped pecans and fresh herbs and place them in a single layer on a plate or cutting board.
- Step: Roll the cheese ball into the pecans, until the entire outside is coated.
- Step: Serve immediately with crackers or veggie slices or refrigerate the cheese ball, until desired.
Notes
The flavor becomes more intensified the longer the ball sits in the fridge. You can substitute pecans with chopped almonds or walnuts.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 227 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 346 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 49 mg
Keywords: smoked salmon, cheese ball, appetizer, party food, cream cheese