Description
These Festive Goat Cheese Christmas Present Appetizers are charming, bite-sized treats perfect for holiday gatherings. Featuring a base of crunchy rice crackers topped with creamy herbed goat cheese, chive ribbons, bright pink peppercorns, and fresh parsley leaves, these elegant appetizers bring a festive touch to your party spread with minimal effort.
Ingredients
Scale
Appetizers
- 12 rice crackers
- 3 chives
- 4 oz. herbed goat cheese
- 2 oz. curly parsley leaves
- 12 pink peppercorns
Instructions
- Shape the Goat Cheese: Place a 1½-inch square cookie cutter in the center of a rice cracker. Spoon about 1½ teaspoons of herbed goat cheese into the cookie cutter, filling it evenly to the sides.
- Remove Cutter Carefully: Using a small spoon or a plastic-gloved finger, press and gently ease the cookie cutter upwards to leave a clean, neat square of goat cheese on the cracker.
- Create Chive Ribbon: Cut a chive using kitchen scissors into two pieces the length of the goat cheese square. Lay one piece down the center of the square, then cut the other piece in half and place these halves on each side to form a cross-shaped ribbon.
- Prepare Pink Peppercorn Accent: Stick a tiny bit of goat cheese onto a pink peppercorn so it will adhere securely.
- Assemble Center Decoration: Place the pink peppercorn in the center of the chive ribbon on top of the goat cheese square. Press gently to ensure it sticks.
- Add Parsley Leaves: Using a toothpick or cocktail pin, add two small parsley leaves on each side of the chive ribbon, pressing them into the goat cheese to secure.
Notes
- Rice crackers may become stale after about an hour if refrigerated with the cheese, though they remain tasty. For preparing further in advance, use denser crackers like Ritz or wheat-based buttery crackers which retain crispness longer.
- If pink peppercorns are unavailable locally, they can be purchased online via Amazon or at specialty spice shops.
- Refer to the original post for detailed instructions and photos of the assembly process.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 appetizer
- Calories: 55 kcal
- Sugar: 0.5 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 3 g
- Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 1.2 g
- Cholesterol: 7 mg
