Description
These Festive Goat Cheese Christmas Present Appetizers are delightful bite-sized treats perfect for holiday gatherings. Featuring creamy herbed goat cheese elegantly presented on crisp rice crackers, garnished with decorative chives, curly parsley, and a pop of color from pink peppercorns, they combine visual appeal with delicious flavor in an easy-to-make appetizer.
Ingredients
Scale
Appetizers
- 12 rice crackers
- 3 chives
- 4 oz. herbed goat cheese
- 2 oz. curly parsley leaves
- 12 pink peppercorns
Instructions
- Prepare the goat cheese base: 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, evenly filling it to the edges.
- Remove the cookie cutter: Using a small spoon or a plastic-gloved finger, gently press and carefully lift the cookie cutter upward, leaving behind a clean and neat goat cheese square on the rice cracker.
- Add chive ribbons: Use kitchen scissors to cut a chive into two pieces matching the length of the goat cheese square. Position one piece down the center, then cut the second piece in half and place those halves on each side to form a cross shape.
- Attach pink peppercorns: Dab a tiny bit of goat cheese onto a pink peppercorn and carefully place it in the center of the chive cross. The cheese acts as an adhesive to hold the peppercorn securely.
- Garnish with parsley leaves: Using a toothpick or cocktail pin, gently press two small curly parsley leaves on each side of the chive cross to complete the festive look.
Notes
- Rice crackers tend to become stale after about an hour if refrigerated with the cheese, but remain tasty until then. For making these further in advance, consider using denser, wheat-based crackers like Ritz that stay crisp longer.
- If pink peppercorns are hard to find locally, they can be purchased online or at specialty spice shops.
- Refer to the original post for detailed instructions and photos to guide you through the assembly process.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 appetizer
- Calories: 45
- Sugar: 0.3g
- Sodium: 75mg
- Fat: 3.5g
- Saturated Fat: 2.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 2g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 9mg
