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Ella Fitzgerald's Favorite Cheddar Cheese Log

Source of Recipe

From "Saveur: The New Classics"


Recipe Introduction

"No less than jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald flagged this recipe in her copy of James Beard's American Cookery. This vintage hors d'oeuvre has won over cocktail partygoers for decades with its smooth Cheddar cheese texture sharpened with the heat of Tabasco and Dijon mustard."

List of Ingredients

â—¦ 2 pounds Cheddar cheese (mild, medium or sharp), grated
â—¦ 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
â—¦ ½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
â—¦ ½ cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
â—¦ ¼ cup finely chopped pimiento
â—¦ ¼ cup coarsely chopped pecans


Recipe

Put room-temperature Cheddar cheese in a large bowl. Add mustard, Tabasco, parsley, and pimientos. Mix until ingredients are evenly distributed.

Place a piece of plastic wrap about 9 inches long on a clean surface. Mound cheese mixture along edge nearest you, then roll in plastic, pressing and molding to form a log about 1 ½ inches wide and 8 inches long.

Carefully remove plastic wrap and roll log in chopped pecans, pressing nuts into log as you roll. Rewrap log with fresh plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour. Serve with crackers.

Makes one 8-inch log