Avocado Mascarpone Truffles
Avocado Mascarpone Truffles
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
- 1/4 cup Mascarpone (cheese)
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tsp minced lime zest
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 green onion minced
- 1 T fresh cilantro minced
- 3 medium ripe avocados peeled
- 1 T lime juice
- 2 cups pumpkin seeds salted
- large pretzel sticks
Instructions
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In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, pepper jack cheese, goat cheese, garlic, lime zest, oil, chili powder, and red pepper flakes until blended. Stir in onion and cilantro.
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Cover bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until firm.
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Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. With a small melon baller, scoop out a ball of avocado, sprinkle with lime juice, shape 1.5 tsp of cheese mixture around it, then roll in pumpkin seeds. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
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Cover baking sheet with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Immediately before serving, insert a pretzel stick into each ball, and arrange on serving tray.
